Skip to main content

Bill C-385

If you have any questions or comments regarding the accessibility of this publication, please contact us at accessible@parl.gc.ca.

PDF

1st Session, 36th Parliament,
46-47 Elizabeth II, 1997-98

The House of Commons of Canada

BILL C-385

An Act to amend the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees) Act (marriage between persons of the same sex)

1990, c. 46

      Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

1. The title of the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees) Act is replaced by the following:

    An Act respecting the capacity to marry

2. Section 1 of the Act is replaced by the following:

1. This Act may be cited as the Marriage Capacity Act.

3. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 4:

Same sex parties

4.1 A marriage between two persons is not invalid by reason only that they are of the same sex.