The Civil Code, particularly the Family Law that safeguards the ideal of a society based on patrilineal family unity, regulates the marriage.

In 2004, certain parts of the Québec Civil Code were amended to enable couples who were joined together in a civil ceremony to continue their life together under the matrimonial regime and to authorize the celebrant to proceed with their marriage despite the bond that already links them together.

A registered partnership can be converted into a marriage and vice versa. To promote the emancipation of same sex couples, a bill was put before parliament aimed at extending civil marriage to individuals of the same sex.

16.15 Registration of marriages is contained in s1(5) of the Marriage Act (Cap 60).

Article 16 Equality in Marriage and Before Family Law

For example, in 2005, Canada became the fourth country in the world to legalize same sex marriage nationwide with the enactment of the Civil Marriage Act.

The Civil Code was clear the age of marriage should be 21, the dowry was illegal and immoral and marriage required the consent of both parties.

Malta Illegal under the Marriage Act of 1975, section 6.

The traditional marriage (the so called lobolo in Southern Mozambique) the religious marriages (Christian, Muslim, and others) the civil marriage and the union of fact.

The Family Code has established the age at which one can marry as 17 (article 13).

On divorce the Marriage and Family Law ensures the rights to divorce of both men and women.

Nevertheless, every citizen may, prior to entering into marriage, opt for a civil or a customary wedding with his or her spouse.

Under s3(4) of the Marriage Act (Cap 60) it merely requires the marriage to fulfill any pre marital requirements of the custom, and this can cause problems.

In fact, polls show that 25 of the public support gay marriage and 35 favor legal civil unions for gay couples (the position advocated by Kerry).

Under article 27 of the Family Code, a spouse who changed her family name when she married may, after dissolution of the marriage, use that family name if the other spouse agrees to that or may be given back her maiden name, if she requests that when the dissolution is registered with the civil registry office.

On marriage The Marriage and Family Law provides for no exception for marriage between men aged under 20 and women under 18.

Please indicate what efforts are under way to disseminate and ensure the effective enforcement of the Law on Marriage and Family to eliminate the high incidence of forced marriages.

Both the former and the revised Criminal Code established penalties for any person entering into a religious marriage before a civil marriage, as well as for the religious officiate at such a marriage.

Registration of the marriage by the officer of the civil registry is required by Articles 214 ff of the Guinean Civil Code.

Under the Civil Code, consent is a prerequisite for any marriage to be considered valid whereas under customary law it is not always required.

Member of the drafting committee for the matrimonial, succession and gifts act, from 1996 to 1998 Member of the Higher Council of the Public Prosecutor's Department Member of the Higher Council of the Magistrature Member of the African Peer Review national commission.

The draft Prevention and Resolution of Domestic Violence Act does not have any specific provision dealing with marital rape.

The Netherlands thus became the first country to open up the institution of civil marriage to same sex couples.

It is therefore necessary to align civil legislation with constitutional provisions by adopting a Family Code.

The Civil Code provides that free and full consent is the only requirement for entering into marriage, with no restrictions other than those relating to age, civil status, legal formalities and the absence of any legal obstacles to the marriage.

For purposes of further developing the legal regulation of this question and taking into account practices throughout the world, a chapter has been incorporated into the Family Code that is called Nuptial agreement it defines the property rights and responsibilities of the spouses in a marriage and or in the dissolution of the marriage and recently has gradually begun to be applied.

Some degree of protection was, however, provided in civil law under the law of contracts.

The Committee recommends that the State party ensure the effective enforcement of the minimum age for contracting marriage stipulated in the Family Code.

The National Assembly's Resolution 35 2000 QH10 on 9 June 2000 on the Implementation of the Marriage and Family Law that encourages marriage registration for husband wife relations established before 30 January 1987 this type of relation if established from 3 January 1987 to 1 January 2001 must be registered relations established after 1 January 2001 without registration are not recognized by law.

a wife during pregnancy and for three years after the birth of a child to that marriage (article 90 of the Family Code).

The Marriage Law No. 1 of 1974 confirms the equality between men and women which is revealed by its recognition that

According to Article 280 of the Civil Code, the minimum age for marriage is 18 years for men and 17 years for women.

She wondered whether the law provided for secular marriage and, if not, whether the Government planned to institute such a provision.

After the dissolution of a marriage, a former wife has the right, during pregnancy and for three years after the birth of a child to that marriage, to seek maintenance in the courts from a former spouse who has the means to provide it (article 91 of the Family Code).

Family law also gives the same rights and responsibilities to women as well as men for the duration of the marriage, as well as in case of its termination, whether this happened due to divorce or death.

The Dissolution of Muslim Marriage Act, 1939 provides the grounds for decree for dissolution of Muslim marriage. The grounds are detailed and also include generally the right of 'Khula' a right of divorce to a woman, as provided by Islamic law.

However, it often happens that older adolescents enter into marriage before they are of legal age, between 16 and years of age, and that is a possibility foreseen by the Family law (Family law, article 32, paragraph 2).

The Penal Code states that for those who organize weddings and register marriages for people under marriage age, imprisonment of two years may be imposed.

The legal age for marriage for boys is 18 years and 16 years for girls as contained in both the Constitution and the Control of Marriage Act.

Parliament had recently passed the Property (Right of spouses) Act, soon to enter into effect, which allowed for the equitable division of property between spouses on the breakdown of marriage.

Government Decree No. 70 2001 ND CP dated 03 October 2001 provides detailed guidance for the implementation of the Law on Marriage and Family.

The 2000 Marriage and Family Law continued to state the equal rights between men and women as a fundamental principle of the marriage and family regime in Viet Nam in the Doi Moi reforms by indicating that Husband and wife are equal to each other, having equal obligations and rights in all aspects of their family (Article 19).

Which, she wondered, was the actual minimum age for marriage, 18 or 21?

Ms. Coker Appiah said that she welcomed the new Civil Code in Turkey, as marriage was a social institution in which women's human rights were regularly violated.

Government Decree No. 32 2000 ND CP dated 27 March 2002 guides the implementation of the Law on Marriage and Family for ethnic minorities, providing for measures to eliminate obsolete customs and practices in marriage and the family.