Marriage Act

Australia

The Marriage Act 1961, Australia's law that governs legal marriage.

Canada

The Civil Marriage Act passed in Canada explicitly permitting same-sex marriages.

Hong Kong

Marriage Ordinance 1875 Marriage Reform Ordinance 1970

India

The Special Marriage Act, 1954 The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955

New Zealand

The Marriage Act 1854, an early law in the colony governing marriage The Marriage Act 1955, the current Act The Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Act 2013

South Africa

The Marriage Act, 1961, and its amending acts: The Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, 1998, which recognised marriages under African customary law The Civil Union Act, 2006, which extended marriage to same-sex couples

United Kingdom

The Royal Marriages Act 1772 (E & W & S) The Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act 1907 (7 Edw.7 c.47) (UK)

Extent unknown by author:

The Marriage Act 1811 or the Marriage of Lunatics Act 1811 (51 Geo.3 c.37) (the second short title was conferred by the Short Titles Act 1896, s.1 & first Sch.) The Marriage Act 1823 (4 Geo.4 c.76) (short title: 1896 Act, s.1) The Marriage Act 1824 (5 Geo.4 c.32) (short title: 1896 Act, s.1) The Marriage Act 1835 (5 & 6 Will.4 c.54) (short title: 1896 Act, s.1) The Marriage Act 1836 (6 & 7 Will.4 c.85) (short title: 1896 Act, s.1) The Births and Deaths Registration Act 1837 (7 Will.4 & 1 Vict. c.22) (short title: 1896 Act, s.1) The Marriage Act 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c.72) (short title: 1896 Act, s.1) The Marriage (Society of Friends) Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c.18) (short title: 1896 Act, s.1) The Marriage Confirmation Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c.24) (short title: 1896 Act, s.1) The Infant Marriage Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c.83) (short title: 1896 Act, s.1) The Marriage (Society of Friends) Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c.10) (short title: 1896 Act, s.1) The Greek Marriages Act 1884 (47 & 48 Vict. c.20) The Marriages Validity Act 1886 (49 & 50 Vict. c.3) The Marriages Act 1886 (49 & 50 Vict. c.14)

The Marriage Acts 1811 to 1886 means the Marriage Act 1811, the Marriage Act 1823, the Marriage Act 1824, the Marriage Confirmation Act 1830, the Marriage Act 1835, the Marriage Act 1836, the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1837, the Marriage Act 1840, the Marriage and Registration Act 1856, the Marriage (Society of Friends) Act 1860, the Marriage Confirmation Act 1860, the Marriage (Society of Friends) Act 1872, the Greek Marriages Act 1884, the Marriages Validity Act 1886 and the Marriages Act 1886.

The Marriage Acts 1811 to 1929 was the collective title of the Marriage Acts 1811 to 1898 and the Age of Marriage Act 1929 so far as it related to England.

England and Wales

The Marriage Act 1540 (32 Hen.8 c.38) The Clergy Marriage Act 1548 (2 & 3 Edw.6 c.21) (No short title) (2 & 3 Edw.6 c.23) (Repealed by the Marriage Act 1949, s.79 & fifth Sch., Pt.I) The Clergy Marriage Act 1551 (5 & 6 Edw.6 c.12) The Marriage Act 1697, a Penal Law passed in 1697 discouraging interfaith marriages. All interfaith marriages would be considered legally Catholic. The married couple would have to live under the tough Catholic laws. The Marriage Act 1753, which abolished common-law marriage in England and Wales The Marriage Confirmation Act 1830 (11 Geo.4 & 1 Will.4 c.18) (short title: 1896 Act, s.1) The Marriage and Registration Act 1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c.119) (short title: 1896 Act, s.1) The Foreign Marriage Act 1892 The Marriage with Foreigners Act 1906 The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act 1915 The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Amendment Act 1916 The Age of Marriage Act 1929 (19 & 20 Geo 5 c 36) The Marriage Act 1939 The Foreign Marriage Act 1947 The Marriage Act 1949 The Marriage Act 1949 (Amendment) Act 1954 The Marriage Acts Amendment Act 1958 The Marriage (Secretaries of Synagogues) Act 1959 The Marriage (Enabling) Act 1960 The Marriage (Wales and Monmouthshire) Act 1962 The Marriage (Registrar General's Licence) Act 1970 The Marriage Act 1983 The Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 The Marriage (Wales) Act 1986 The Foreign Marriage (Amendment) Act 1988 The Marriage (Registration of Buildings) Act 1990 The Marriage Act 1994 The Marriage Ceremony (Prescribed Words) Act 1996 The City of London (Approved Premises for Marriage) Act 1996 The Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 The Marriage (Wales) Act 2010 The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013

Scotland

The Marriage (Scotland) Act 1939 The Marriage (Scotland) Act 1956 The Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 The Marriage (Scotland) Act 2002 The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014

Northern Ireland

The Deceased Brother's Widow's Marriage Act (Northern Ireland) 1924 The Marriage (Declaration of Law) Act (Northern Ireland) 1944 The Age of Marriage Act (Northern Ireland) 1951

United States

The Affirmation of Marriage Act passed in Virginia The Defense of Marriage Act passed in the United States to limit Federal marriage recognition to male-female couplings and thus proscribe the possibility of Federal same-sex marriage in the United States