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    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...
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  • Civil Union Act may refer to: Civil Union Act 2004 (New Zealand) Civil Union Act, 2006 (South Africa) Civil union This disambiguation page lists articles...
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    A civil union (also known as a civil partnership) is a legally recognized arrangement similar to marriage, created primarily as a means to provide recognition...
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    The Civil Union Amendment Act, 2020 is an act of the Parliament of South Africa which repealed section 6 of the Civil Union Act, 2006, a section which...
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  • provided for in the Civil Unions Act." A second ACT bill, the Civil Partnerships Bill 2006, replaced the term "civil union" with "civil partnership", but...
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    The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 88–352, 78 Stat. 241, enacted July 2, 1964) is a landmark civil rights and labor...
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    The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, introduced by the Labour government, which grants civil partnerships...
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  • Civil partnership in the United Kingdom is a form of civil union between couples open to both same-sex couples and opposite-sex couples. It was introduced...
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  • 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...
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  • Civil union has been legal in New Zealand since 26 April 2005. The Civil Union Act 2004 to establish the institution of civil union for same-sex and opposite-sex...
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    Marriage Act. The Civil Union Act, 2006 allows for inter alia same-sex marriages which are legally equivalent to marriages under the Marriage Act. Before...
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    personal union by James (reigning as James VI and I), who announced his intention to unite the two realms. The 1603 Union of England and Scotland Act established...
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    The Civil Aviation Act 2006 (c 34) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. This section came into force on 8 November 2006. The Civil Aviation...
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    Wikisource has original text related to this article: Civil Rights Act of 1866 The Civil Rights Act of 1866 (14 Stat. 27–30, enacted April 9, 1866, reenacted...
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    (CSA), also known as the Confederacy or South, during the American Civil War. The Union was led by Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States...
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    The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is an American nonprofit civil rights organization founded in 1920. ACLU affiliates are active in all 50 states...
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  • Civil Union Act, 2006, which extended marriage to same-sex couples Royal Marriages Act 1772 (E & W & S) Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act 1907 (7...
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  • Marriage in South Africa (category Marriage, unions and partnerships in South Africa)
    certain conditions. The Civil Union Act, 2006, which allows for the solemnisation of a civil or religious marriage or a civil partnership between two...
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  • relationship under the Civil Union Act, 2006. The survivor would be considered a "spouse" for the purposes of the Intestate Succession Act,1987. The net effect...
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  • Civil partnerships were introduced in South Africa by the Civil Union Act, 2006, which also legalised same-sex marriage. Civil partnerships can be formed...
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    The Civil Rights Act of 1875, sometimes called the Enforcement Act or the Force Act, was a United States federal law enacted during the Reconstruction...
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    American Civil War, the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the collective Union of the states, was often referred to as the Union Army...
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  • or the Ethiopian intervention in the Somali Civil War, was an armed conflict that lasted from late 2006 to early 2009. It began when military forces...
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    to the legalisation of same-sex marriage in South Africa by the Civil Union Act, 2006. In the interim the court extended to same-sex couples immigration-related...
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    The Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 90–284, 82 Stat. 73, enacted April 11, 1968) is a landmark law in the United States...
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  • centers itself and expanding the traffic control system. In 1938, the Civil Aeronautics Act transferred federal responsibilities for non-military aviation from...
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    B. Johnson during the height of the civil rights movement on August 6, 1965, and Congress later amended the Act five times to expand its protections...
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    the Civil Unions Act 2006, which allowed same-sex couples to enter into "civil unions" was overruled following concerns that the civil unions mimicked...
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  • 2015-11-20. Marriage Act, No. 25 of 1961, section 24. Marriage Act, No. 25 of 1961, section 26. Civil Union Act, No. 17 of 2006, section 1. Recognition...
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    "De Facto Relationships Act 2005" (PDF). Government of Norfolk Island. Retrieved 1 December 2017. "Civil Unions Bill 2006". ACT Parliamentary Counsel....
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