Civil and religious marriages must be registered in the Civil Registry.

Fight against discrimination in civil marriage.

The ceremonies are often held in the country of origin.

15.1 Civil Marriage

Divorce has existed for civil marriages since 1976, and since the enactment of Law 25 of 1992 it has been available in religious marriages in accordance with the Constitution, which made the regulation of the termination by divorce of the civil effects of any marriage a matter for the law.

Religious marriages were verified by the State in order to ensure that they met the requirements for civil marriage and did not have the effect of civil marriage.

Since that time, there has been no major breakthrough which has improved the status of women, but the actions taken deserve particular attention.

Ms. Staznik (Croatia), referring to civil and religious marriage, said that civil procedures took precedence over the religious ceremony.

was carried out to determine the true impact on society and the family of the legislation on divorce in the case of civil and religious marriages (Law 25 of 1992) on the basis of surveys of family court judges in the country apos s main towns.

The declaration of entry into marriage and the registration of the marriage are signed by the people getting married.

(g) Republic of Tajikistan law stipulates the equality of the personal rights and responsibilities of spouses in particular, spouses have the right to choose family name, occupation, job, activities, place of residence and area in which they live (articles 32 34 of the Family Code).

The law also invests religious marriage with civil effects and establishes the conditions for contracting religious marriage.

Although under the Constitution and the law civil and religious marriages are equal in terms of their effects, in fact a cultural tradition favouring Catholic marriage still prevails.

First, as did Caesar you will marry me according to Egyptian ritual. That's not a condition, that's a reward.

Even the marriage certificate.

I have a certificate.

This means that discrimination persists against women married in a civil ceremony and against their children.

They're married, all right. I just seen the license.

Don't you think I know you need witnesses to get married?

He was the cause ofthe failure of the Wedding Palace ceremony.

As planned, the list of cabinet ministers will be announced in the afternoon. And then, an attestation ceremony will be held at Japan Palace.

A minister of religion of a church, congregation or association of congregations who is granted the right to contract marriages by the Minister of Regional Affairs is equal to a vital statistics office upon performance of the functions related to the contraction of marriages and the minister of religion has the right to register marriages and issue marriage certificates.

The social, religious and cultural bonds are reaffirmed at marriage ceremonies and thus the background is set for a united, caring and successful family.

Under Colombian law, the promise of marriage known as betrothal is a private act having no legal effects.

Today, women living in factual union or common law married do not have any legal coverage, and their situation is analyzed by Courts only where assets are concerned and in the regulation of paternal power. This happens when such a union ends.

We marry, for example, with great pomp and ceremony and expense to signal our departure from a life of solitude and misery and loneliness to one of eternal bliss.

I've got the license right here in my pocket.

Have you got the wedding license? No. He has it.

Your passport and your marriage certificate.

Yes, that is the paper of my marriage.

We witnessed in detail the ritual performed with bamboo blade.

Monsieur! What is he saying?

Usually under age marriages take place in closed communities, and do not become public knowledge, therefore the likelihood of acquiring evidence of the marriage or proving their very existence, is quite low.

I can't run the party without you.

Even though the only valid family union in the country is the official marriage, the practice of the majority of people in the country is customary marriage between men and women.

Women's NGOs and associations have grown in size and diversity thanks to Act No. 84 06 of 1 March 1984 laying down the rules governing associations, which is, moreover, an extremely liberal text.

During the common law marriage, women keep their marital status to that of single and for this reason they are not forced to the name of her male counterpart nor does she have to live in his home.

These rights are stated expressly in the laws on the dissolution of religious marriage, the distribution of property in de facto marriages, the recognition of the value of domestic work at the time of such distribution, and the equality of children born in and out of wedlock.

The Married Persons Equality Act makes eighteen (18) years the age of consent for entry into civil marriage for both sexes, and men and women are equal before the law.

In 1994 the Constitutional Court ordered that a girl should be admitted to a school which had refused her admission on the ground that her father and mother had been married in a civil ceremony.

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.

Marriage will not be contracted if a prospective spouse does not confirm his or her desire to marry or if a prospective spouse is not of the age to marry or if hindrances to contracting a marriage become evident.

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

It is recorded in an official marriage register and a copy of the marriage contract is subsequently transmitted to the Department of Civil Status for registration.

Documented marriage is the starting point for the foundation of a natural family in a context of a union between the sexes in accordance with religious and civil law.