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The Marriage Act 1961 (Cth) is an act of the Parliament of Australia which regulates marriage in Australia.Since its passage in 1961, it has been amended on numerous occasions and applies uniformly throughout Australia (including its external territories); and any law made by a state or territory inconsistent with the Act is invalid.
[7] [8] [9] The original 1961 Marriage Act did not include a definition of marriage, leaving it to the courts to apply the common law definition. [10] [11] The Marriage Amendment Act 2004 defined, for the first time by statute, marriage as "the union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life."
The Marriage Act, 1961 (Act No. 25 of 1961) is an act of the Parliament of South Africa governing the solemnisation and registration of marriages in South Africa.It does not deal with the dissolution of marriages, which is governed by the Divorce Act, 1979, or with matrimonial property regimes and the financial consequences of marriage, which are governed by the Matrimonial Property Act, 1984.
What constitutes a void marriage is determined by section 23 of the Marriage Act 1961 [6] The distinction that existed before 1975 between void and voidable marriages no longer exists. In addition, the 1975 Act also abolished the legal concept of non- consummation of marriage as a ground for annulment, [ 7 ] [ 8 ] so that a divorce application ...
Download as PDF; Printable version ... Marriage Act may refer to a number of pieces of legislation: Australia. Marriage Act 1961, Australia's law that governs legal ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... move to sidebar hide. Marriage Act 1961 may refer to: Marriage Act 1961 (Australia) Marriage Act, 1961 ...
The Respect for Marriage Act passed 61-36 and will next go to the House, which has already passed it once but needs to do so again to approve changes made in the Senate, and then to President ...
The Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017 (Cth) is an Act of the Parliament of Australia, which legalises same-sex marriage in Australia by amending the Marriage Act 1961 to allow marriage between two persons of marriageable age, regardless of their gender.