MARRIAGE LAWS.
IMPORTANT ALTERATION IN ■s NEW SOUTH WALES. "SYDNEY, Feb. 8. Should New South Wales retain Leil present system of marriage laws or strike out in a new channel as tar as Britishers are concerned, and. compel parties to enter first into a civil contract before a registrar, irrespective ot any religious ceremony.. . .Very strong pressure is being brought to bear on the Government to adopt this course next session. The threat was made, that a Bill on the lines suggested would be introduced before last Christmas, but in the rush to complete legislation it never appeared. The Government is being urged to go further, and proclaim it an offence punishable by imprisonment as well as a fine for anyone to impugn the legality of such a civil contract. Tho precedents of France, Italy, Aus-. tria, and other countries, are quoted. These make the civil ceremony the only compulsory one, leaving it to the parties to attend any religious service afterwards that they may wish, ihe completeness of the, marriage contract as made by the State, and not by the Church, for all legal purposes, is thus emphasised. , .~, T The Minister For Justice (Mr Ley) is one of those whose ideas run on these lines. He intends to do his utmost during the recess to secure Cabinet sanction for the, Bill he proposes.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 644, 1 March 1923, Page 5
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