Marriage Act 1961

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Australian
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:Attorney-General's_Department_(Australia)
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Marriage_Amendment_(Definition_and_Religious_Freedoms)_Act_2017
Marriage Amendment Act 2004
gptkbp:beganIn 1 September 1961
gptkbp:citation Act No. 12 of 1961
gptkbp:contains provisions for offences and penalties
provisions for celebrants
provisions for foreign marriages
provisions for prohibited relationships
provisions for void marriages
gptkbp:currentDefinitionOfMarriage the union of 2 people to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1961
gptkbp:defines legal requirements for marriage
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Marriage Act 1961
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:legalises marriage between two people regardless of sex or gender (since 2017)
gptkbp:previouslyDefinedMarriageAs union of a man and a woman
gptkbp:regulates marriage in Australia
gptkbp:repealedBy state and territory marriage laws
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4