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Polygamy is not legally recognised in Australia. Legally recognised polygamous marriages may not be performed in Australia, [1] [2] and a person who marries another person, knowing that the previous marriage is still subsisting, commits an offence of bigamy under section 94 of the Marriage Act 1961, which carries a maximum penalty of 5 years imprisonment. [3]
Married people as a percentage of the over-15-year-old population in Australia, subdivided by statistical local area, according to the 2011 census. Marriage in Australia is regulated by the federal government, which is granted the power to make laws regarding marriage by section 51(xxi) of the constitution.
China: Polygamy is illegal under the Civil code passed in 2020, which replaced a similar 1950 and 1980 prohibition. [102] Hong Kong: Polygamy ended with the passing of the Marriage Act of 1971 [103] when the country was a crown colony under the former flag . Previous unions entered into under customary law are recognised in some situations.
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.
List of people legally executed in New South Wales; List of people legally executed in Queensland; List of people legally executed in South Australia; List of people legally executed in Tasmania; List of people legally executed in the Northern Territory; List of people legally executed in Victoria; List of people legally executed in Western ...
The estimated 30,000 people living in Utah’s polygamous communities believe plural marriage brings exaltation in heaven — a legacy of the early Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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.
Early laws in Australia were based on then-current laws in Britain, which were inherited upon colonisation in 1788. Lesbianism was never illegal in Britain nor its colonies, including Australia. Sodomy laws, however, were part of Australian law, from 1788 through to 1994 under Human Rights (Sexual Conduct) Act 1994. The punishment for "buggery ...