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The Marriage Bill, 2023 is a South African bill which would establish a unified marriage policy for all citizens. The bill would supersede three other existing laws regulating the solemnisation of marriage in South Africa by retaining and expanding their protections and regulations.
The Civil Union Act, 2006 (Act No. 17 of 2006) is an act of the Parliament of South Africa which legalised same-sex marriage.It allows two people, regardless of gender, to form either a marriage or a civil partnership.
The Civil Union Amendment Act, 2020 is an act of the Parliament of South Africa which repealed section 6 of the Civil Union Act, 2006, a section which had allowed civil marriage officers to opt out of solemnising same-sex marriages on the grounds of conscience, religion or belief.
Marriage Act, 1961 (South Africa) Marriage Bill, 2023; P. Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, 1949; R. Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, 1998
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29 November: Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka of South Africa signs the Civil Union Act into law, making South Africa the first African country to legalise same-sex marriage. [88] The bill was passed by the National Assembly in a 229–41 vote on 14 November, and 36–11 by the National Council of Provinces on 28 November.
It is most common in the South. In West Virginia and Texas, roughly seven out of every 1,000 15- to 17-year-olds were married in 2014. In the United States, child marriage remains legal in roughly ...
Same-sex marriage has been legal in South Africa since the Civil Union Act, 2006 came into force on 30 November 2006. The decision of the Constitutional Court in the case of Minister of Home Affairs v Fourie on 1 December 2005 extended the common-law definition of marriage to include same-sex spouses—as the Constitution of South Africa guarantees equal protection before the law to all ...