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PART 13 - BREAKDOWN, DISSOLUTION AND FINANCIAL RELIEF 42. Application of the Matrimonial Causes Law (2005 Revision) and the Maintenance Law PART 14 - OFFENCES IN CONNECTION WITH CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS 43. PART 15 - MISCELLANEOUS 44. 45. 46. 47. PART 16 - CONSEQUENTIAL AND RELATED AMENDMENTS 48. PART 17 - PROVISIONS RELATING TO CERTAIN MARRIAGES 49. PART 18 - FINAL PROVISIONS 50. 51. 52. SCHEDULE 1 SCHEDULE 2 Civil Partnership Law, 2020 Law 35 of 2020 CIVIL PARTNERSHIP LAW, 2020 (Law 35 of 2020) A LAW TO PROVIDE FOR CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS; AND FOR INCIDENTAL AND CONNECTED PURPOSES ENACTED by the Governor in accordance with section 81 of the Constitution, after consultation with the Premier, with the prior approval of the Secretary of State, and pursuant to instructions issued in accordance with section 31 of the Constitution. PART 1 - PRELIMINARY\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_1\", \"num\": \"1.\", \"text\": \"Short title 1. This Law may be cited as the Civil Partnership Law, 2020.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_2\", \"num\": \"2.\", \"text\": \"Interpretation 2. In this Law \u2014 \u201ccertificate of civil partnership\u201d means a certificate issued under section 21 after a civil partnership is formalised; \u201ccivil partner\u201d means a party to a civil partnership; \u201ccivil partnership\u201d means a union between two persons \u2014 (a) recognised; or (b) formalised and registered, in accordance with this Law; (Law 35 of 2020) I Assent, Martyn Roper Governor Date: 4th day of September, 2020 Civil Partnership Law, 2020 Law 35 of 2020 \u201ccivil partnership officer\u201d means a person appointed under section 26 or licensed under section 33 or 34; \u201cCivil Partnerships Register\u201d means the register kept under section 21; \u201cCivil Registrar\u201d means a Civil Registrar for civil partnerships appointed under section 29; \u201ccommencement date\u201d means the date on which this Law is published in the Gazette; \u201coverseas relationship\u201d has the meaning assigned by section 38; \u201cprescribed\u201d means prescribed by regulations made by the Governor in accordance with section 50; \u201cprohibited degrees of civil partnership\u201d has the meaning given in section 6 and Schedule 1; \u201cRegistrar\u201d means the Registrar of Civil Partnerships who shall be the Registrar-General; \u201cRegistrar\u2019s or a Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate\u201d means a certificate issued by the Registrar or a Civil Registrar under section 9; \u201crelevant law\u201d means the law of the country or territory where the relationship is registered, including its rules of private international law; \u201cspecial licence\u201d means a special licence issued by the Governor under section 10; \u201cspecified relationship\u201d has the meaning assigned by section 39; and \u201cwitness\u201d means a person who is eighteen years of age or older who is of sound mind.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_3\", \"num\": \"3.\", \"text\": \"Overview of civil partnership 3. (1) Two persons may enter into a civil partnership under this Law if \u2014 (a) either person is sixteen years of age or older but under the age of eighteen and the person\u2019s parent, legal guardian or the court consents to the civil partnership in accordance with this Law; (b) both persons are over the age of eighteen years; (c) neither person is currently married, in a civil partnership or overseas relationship; and (d) neither person is within the prohibited degrees of civil partnership. (2) A civil partnership may be formalised by the Registrar or a Civil Registrar or by a civil partnership officer. (3) After a civil partnership is formalised, a party to the civil partnership shall register it under section 21. Civil Partnership Law, 2020 Law 35 of 2020 (4) The dissolution of a civil partnership is governed by the Matrimonial Causes Law (2005 Revision) and the Maintenance Law (1996 Revision) as applied by section 42. (5) This section is subject to the provisions of this Law. PART 2 - CAPACITY\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_4\", \"num\": \"4.\", \"text\": \"Age of eligibility and consent 4. (1) Subject to this section, a person who has not reached the age of eighteen years is prohibited from entering into a civil partnership. (2) Where a person is under the age of eighteen years but is sixteen years of age or older and is not a widower or widow, and the person intends to enter into a civil partnership, either parent or the legal guardian of the person shall have authority to consent to the civil partnership of the person, and such consent is required by this Law. (3) If the parent or legal guardian whose consent to a civil partnership is necessary \u2014 (a) is not of sound mind; or (b) is unreasonably withholding consent, either party to the civil partnership may refer the matter to the Grand Court and a judge shall decide upon the matter summarily. (4) If, upon examination by a judge of the Grand Court under subsection (3) the proposed civil partnership appears to be proper, the judge shall certify to that fact, and the certificate of the court shall be as good and effectual as if the necessary consent had been given. (5) Where either of the parties to a civil partnership is under eighteen years of age, is not a widower or widow, and enters into a civil partnership under this Law without the consent required to enter into a civil partnership in accordance with this Law, the civil partnership shall be voidable.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_5\", \"num\": \"5.\", \"text\": \"Requirement not to be already married, in a civil partnership or in an overseas relationship 5. (1) A person who is married is prohibited from entering into a civil partnership during the currency of the marriage. (2) A person who is in a civil partnership is prohibited from entering into another civil partnership during the currency of the first-mentioned civil partnership. (3) A person who is in an overseas relationship is prohibited from entering into a civil partnership during the currency of the overseas relationship. Civil Partnership Law, 2020 Law 35 of 2020\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_6\", \"num\": \"6.\", \"text\": \"Prohibited degrees of civil partnership 6. (1) Two persons who are within the prohibited degrees of civil partnership, as set out in Schedule 1, are prohibited from entering into a civil partnership with each other. (2) Subsection (1) is subject to paragraph 4 of Schedule 1. PART 3 - NOTICE AND ISSUE OF CERTIFICATE AND SPECIAL LICENCE\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_7\", \"num\": \"7.\", \"text\": \"Authority for civil partnership 7. A civil partnership may be formalised under the authority of \u2014 (a) the Registrar\u2019s or a Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate issued under section 9; (b) a special licence granted by the Governor under section 10; or (c) a licence granted by the Deputy Governor under section 33 or 34, and without any such authority in the cases provided for in section 15.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_8\", \"num\": \"8.\", \"text\": \"Preliminaries to civil partnership on Registrar\u2019s or Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate 8. (1) If two persons intend to enter into a civil partnership, one of them shall apply to \u2014 (a) the Registrar; or (b) a Civil Registrar, and shall give notice in the prescribed form of the intended civil partnership. (2) The person giving notice under subsection (1) shall also make a statutory declaration in the prescribed form before the Registrar or Civil Registrar declaring that the person believes that \u2014 (a) where applicable, either of the parties or both are at least sixteen years of age but under eighteen years of age and has or have received consent to enter into a civil partnership in accordance with this Law; (b) where applicable, the parties are both eighteen years of age or older; (c) neither party is currently married, in a civil partnership or overseas relationship; (d) the parties are not within the prohibited degrees of civil partnership or, if they are, a court order has been made under paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 dispensing with the prohibition; (e) there is no other lawful impediment to the intended civil partnership; and (f) the particulars in the notice are true. Civil Partnership Law, 2020 Law 35 of 2020 (3) If both of the parties to an intended civil partnership are ordinarily resident outside of the Islands, the requirements of this section are satisfied if one of the parties sends to the Registrar by electronic means to the e-mail address provided by the Registrar or posts to the Registrar \u2014 (a) the notice under subsection (1) in the prescribed form; and (b) the statutory declaration as to the matters in subsection (2) at any time before the civil partnership is formalised. (4) Upon receipt of a notice of an intended civil partnership, the Registrar or Civil Registrar, on being satisfied that the notice conforms to the requirements of this section, shall \u2014 (a) enter the particulars set out in the notice in the Civil Partnerships Notice Book; and (b) display in a conspicuous and accessible place on a notice board in a public area in the Registrar or Civil Registrar\u2019s office, a public notice of the intended civil partnership in the form as provided by the Registrar, and shall keep the notice so displayed for seven consecutive days after it has been put up. (5) The Civil Partnerships Notice Book shall be open at all reasonable times to any person desiring to inspect it. (6) For the purposes of this section, \u201celectronic\u201d has the meaning assigned by section 2 of the Electronic Transactions Law (2003 Revision).\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_9\", \"num\": \"9.\", \"text\": \"Issue of certificate to enter into civil partnership 9. After the submission, whether by posting or by electronic means, and publication of the notice of intended civil partnership as required by section 8, and, at any time not later than three months nor earlier than seven days after the receipt of the notice of civil partnership, the Registrar or the Civil Registrar, on the application of either of the parties to the intended civil partnership, or by any person authorised by the person who gave the notice, shall issue to the applicant the Registrar\u2019s or Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate, whichever is applicable, in the form provided by the Registrar \u2014 (a) if no lawful impediment has been shown to the Registrar\u2019s or the Civil Registrar\u2019s satisfaction why a certificate should not be issued; and (b) if no caveat has been entered against the issue of a certificate or if a caveat so entered has been removed.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_10\", \"num\": \"10.\", \"text\": \"Special licence 10. (1) Notwithstanding anything in this Law, the Governor may, in the case of an intended civil partnership between two persons who are not resident in the Islands \u2014 Civil Partnership Law, 2020 Law 35 of 2020 (a) dispense with the giving of notice of civil partnership and with the issue of the Registrar\u2019s or a Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate; and (b) grant a special licence in the prescribed form authorising the formalising of the civil partnership before the Registrar, a Civil Registrar or a civil partnership officer. (2) An application for a special licence may be made by a party to the intended civil partnership to the Governor and it shall be submitted by the party to the Registrar together with the affidavit referred to in subsection (5). (3) The Registrar shall, if satisfied that there is sufficient information for the consideration of the Governor, forward the application under subsection (2) and all other relevant documents to the Governor together with the Registrar\u2019s recommendation in relation to the application. (4) The Governor shall not grant a special licence under this section unless \u2014 (a) it appears to the Governor that the intended civil partnership is not prohibited by this Law; and (b) an affidavit is produced to the Governor as mentioned in subsection (5). (5) One of the parties to the intended civil partnership shall make an affidavit deposing to the following matters \u2014 (a) that neither party is resident in the Islands; (b) where applicable, that either party is sixteen years of age or older but under the age of eighteen and consent has been received in accordance with this Law; (c) where applicable, that the parties are both eighteen years of age or older; (d) that neither party is currently married, in a civil partnership or overseas relationship; (e) that the parties are not within the prohibited degrees of civil partnership or, if they are, that a court order has been made under paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 dispensing with the prohibition; (f) that there is no other lawful impediment to the intended civil partnership; and (g) where the intended civil partnership is not to be formalised by the Registrar, the name of the relevant Civil Registrar or civil partnership officer before whom the parties to the intended civil partnership wish the civil partnership to be formalised. (6) The Governor may require proof being made to the Governor\u2019s satisfaction of all or any of the matters mentioned in an application under subsection (5), and for the purposes of such proof, the Governor may prescribe any form of declaration that the Governor thinks fit to be made before any person that the Civil Partnership Law, 2020 Law 35 of 2020 Governor may appoint, and declarations so prescribed shall be deemed to be declarations required by law for the purposes of a civil partnership. (7) Upon proof being made under subsection (6) to the Governor\u2019s satisfaction, the Governor may, if the Governor thinks fit, grant a special licence in the prescribed form.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_11\", \"num\": \"11.\", \"text\": \"Certificate and special licence void after three months 11. Where an intended civil partnership does not take place within three months after the date of the issue of \u2014 (a) the Registrar\u2019s or a Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate relating to the intended civil partnership, subject to the lodging of a caveat under section 16; or (b) a special licence relating to the intended civil partnership, the certificate or special licence shall be void, and the civil partnership shall not be entered into under the authority of that certificate or special licence.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_12\", \"num\": \"12.\", \"text\": \"Authorisation of civil partnership officer by Registrar\u2019s or Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate or special licence 12. A Registrar\u2019s or Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate or a special licence authorises a civil partnership officer to formalise the civil partnership to which the certificate or special licence relates. PART 4 - FORMALISATION OF CIVIL PARTNERSHIP\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_13\", \"num\": \"13.\", \"text\": \"Formalisation by the Registrar or Civil Registrar 13. (1) The Registrar or Civil Registrar may formalise a civil partnership if the Registrar or Civil Registrar, as applicable, is satisfied \u2014 (a) that the civil partnership is not prohibited by this Law; (b) that the requirements of this Law have been complied with; and (c) that \u2014 (i) no caveat to the civil partnership has been lodged under section 16; or (ii) if a caveat has been lodged, it has been withdrawn or removed. (2) The formalisation of a civil partnership shall not take place \u2014 (a) earlier than seven days after the date on which notice of intended civil partnership was given; or (b) more than three months after the date on which notice of the intended civil partnership was given or, where a caveat has been lodged, more than three months after the date on which the caveat was withdrawn or removed. Civil Partnership Law, 2020 Law 35 of 2020 (3) A civil partnership shall only be formalised by the Registrar between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on Monday to Friday and may only be formalised by the Registrar \u2014 (a) at the office of the Registrar; or (b) at an alternative location approved by the Registrar. (4) A civil partnership shall only be formalised by a Civil Registrar between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. and \u2014 (a) at the office of the Civil Registrar; or (b) at an alternative location approved by the Registrar. (5) During the formalisation, in the presence of the Registrar and at least two witnesses each party shall make a clear statement that \u2014 (a) gives the full names of both parties; and (b) acknowledges that they are freely entering into a civil partnership with each other and know of no lawful impediment to the civil partnership. (6) The Governor may \u2014 (a) make regulations prescribing buildings or other places as alternative approved locations for the purposes of subsection (3)(b) and (4)(b); and (b) on application made by the parties in writing at least fourteen days before the proposed date of the formalisation, approve an additional alternative location, subject to the approval of the Registrar and on such terms and conditions as the Governor may direct. (7) The parties to a civil partnership to be formalised at an alternative approved location shall \u2014 (a) obtain the written permission of the owner or occupier to use that location for the formalisation of their civil partnership and notify the Registrar, or where the civil partnership is to be formalised by a Civil Registrar, both the Registrar and the Civil Registrar; and (b) comply with any terms and conditions imposed by the owner or occupier.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_14\", \"num\": \"14.\", \"text\": \"Formalisation by civil partnership officer 14. (1) On the delivery to a civil partnership officer of either \u2014 (a) a valid Registrar\u2019s or Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate issued under section 9; or (b) a valid special licence granted by the Governor under section 10, the civil partnership officer may formalise a civil partnership between the parties specified in the certificate or special licence. (2) A civil partnership shall be formalised in the presence of two or more witnesses in addition to the civil partnership officer. Civil Partnership Law, 2020 Law 35 of 2020 (3) A civil partnership may be formalised in any place in the Islands, but shall not be formalised in a place to which access is prevented by locked or barred doors or otherwise. (4) During the formalisation, in the presence of the civil partnership officer and at least two witnesses, each party shall make a clear statement that \u2014 (a) gives the full name of each party; and (b) acknowledges that they are freely entering into a civil partnership with each other and know of no lawful impediment to the civil partnership. (5) A civil partnership officer shall not formalise a civil partnership if the civil partnership officer knows or has reason to believe that there is a lawful impediment to the civil partnership.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_15\", \"num\": \"15.\", \"text\": \"Civil partnership in extremis 15. (1) Notwithstanding anything in this Law, if the conditions specified in subsection (2) are fulfilled, it shall be lawful to formalise a civil partnership before a civil partnership officer without giving notice of the intended civil partnership, or, if notice has been given \u2014 (a) without the issue of the Registrar\u2019s or a Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate under section 9; (b) without the grant of a special licence under section 10; or (c) after the expiration of three months from the date of the issue of the Registrar\u2019s or a Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate or a special licence. (2) The conditions referred to in subsection (1) are as follows \u2014 (a) both parties to the intended civil partnership are required to be legally competent to enter into the civil partnership; (b) the civil partnership shall be formalised in the presence of two or more witnesses in addition to the civil partnership officer, and one of the witnesses must be a medical doctor; (c) each party shall give a clear statement that \u2014 (i) gives the full name of each party; and (ii) acknowledges that the parties are freely entering into a civil partnership with each other and know of no lawful impediment to the civil partnership; and (d) at least one of the parties to the intended civil partnership must, in the opinion of a medical doctor, be in a dying state but is able to understand the effect of entering into the civil partnership. (3) A civil partnership formalised under this section shall not operate as a revocation of any will. Civil Partnership Law, 2020 Law 35 of 2020 PART 5 - CAVEAT\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_16\", \"num\": \"16.\", \"text\": \"Caveat to intended civil partnership 16. (1) A person who knows or claims to know of any lawful grounds why a civil partnership should not take place may enter a caveat against the issue of the Registrar\u2019s or a Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate. (2) A person shall enter a caveat by notice in writing signed by that person, stating the person\u2019s full name, residential address, and the grounds of objection on which the person claims the civil partnership should not take place. (3) A caveat shall be given to the Registrar or Civil Registrar and may be given at any time before the issue of the certificate to which it relates. (4) Where a caveat is given to a Civil Registrar, the Civil Registrar shall \u2014 (a) record in the Civil Registrar\u2019s Civil Partnerships Register Book the particulars contained in the notice and the date of receipt; and (b) transmit the caveat to the Registrar. (5) On receipt of a caveat, the Registrar shall forthwith \u2014 (a) record in the Civil Partnerships Register the particulars contained in the notice and the date of receipt; and (b) refer the caveat to a judge of the Grand Court.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_17\", \"num\": \"17.\", \"text\": \"Powers of Judge regarding caveat 17. Where a caveat has been referred to a judge, the following provisions have effect \u2014 (a) if the judge is of the opinion that no legal ground has been disclosed in the caveat for preventing the civil partnership, the judge may order the caveat to be removed without requiring any of the parties to appear; (b) the judge may cause a summons to be issued to the parties to the intended civil partnership and the person by whom the caveat has been entered requiring such person to show cause why the Registrar or a Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate should not be issued; (c) the judge may hear and determine every such matter in a summary way and shall either confirm the caveat or order it to be removed; (d) if the caveat is removed, the Registrar or where applicable the Civil Registrar may issue the certificate referred to under section 9 and the civil partnership may proceed as if the caveat had not been entered, but the time that has elapsed between the entry and removal of the caveat shall not be computed in the period of three months specified in section 11; (e) if it appears to the judge that the caveat has been entered on insufficient grounds, the judge may order the person who entered the caveat to pay compensation and costs to the parties to the intended civil partnership; and Civil Partnership Law, 2020 Law 35 of 2020 (f) if the caveat is confirmed, the Registrar shall forthwith inform every Civil Registrar and civil partnership officer. PART 6 - VOID AND VOIDABLE CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_18\", \"num\": \"18.\", \"text\": \"Grounds on which a civil partnership is void 18. A civil partnership shall be void on the following grounds\u2014 (a) if it is not formalised by the Registrar, a Civil Registrar or a civil partnership officer; (b) if at the time it was entered into either party was under the age of sixteen; (c) if at the time it was entered into either party was already married, in a civil partnership or overseas relationship; (d) if at the time it was entered into the parties were within the prohibited degrees of civil partnership, and no order under paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 had been obtained; (e) if both parties knowingly and wilfully acquiesced in the formalisation of the civil partnership under a false name or names; (f) if both parties to the civil partnership (not being a civil partnership in extremis) knowingly and wilfully acquiesced in its formalisation without any notice given of the civil partnership (where such notice is required by this Law) or without the authority of the Registrar\u2019s or a Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate under section 9, a special licence under section 10 or a licence under section 33 or 34; (g) if it is formalised as a civil partnership in extremis, and both parties knowingly and wilfully acquiesced in its being so formalised without fulfilment of the conditions specified by section 15; or (h) that either party to the civil partnership did not validly consent to it, whether by consequence of fraud, duress, mistake, unsoundness of mind or otherwise.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_19\", \"num\": \"19.\", \"text\": \"Grounds on which a civil partnership is voidable 19. (1) A civil partnership is voidable on the following grounds only \u2014 (a) if at the time it was entered into either party was or both parties were at least sixteen years of age but under the age of eighteen years and did not receive the consent required under section 4; (b) that at the time of the civil partnership either party, though capable of giving a valid consent, was suffering (whether continuously or intermittently) from mental impairment or serious mental illness within the Civil Partnership Law, 2020 Law 35 of 2020 meaning of the Mental Health Law, 2013 of such a kind or to such an extent as to be unfit for civil partnership; (c) that the petitioner was unaware that at the time of the civil partnership the respondent was suffering from venereal disease in a communicable form; or (d) that the petitioner was unaware that at the time of the civil partnership the respondent was pregnant by some person other than the petitioner. (2) In subsection (1)(c) and (d), \u201cpetitioner\u201d and \u201crespondent\u201d mean the parties to an application under the Matrimonial Causes Law (2005 Revision) as applied by section 42.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_20\", \"num\": \"20.\", \"text\": \"Effect of defect in formalities or procedures 20. (1) Save as provided in section 18, a defect in compliance with the formalities or procedures required under this Law does not, in itself, render a civil partnership void. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), nothing in this section exempts the Registrar, a Civil Registrar or a civil partnership officer who does anything contrary to the provisions of this Law from any penalty for an offence under this Law. PART 7-REGISTRATION\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_21\", \"num\": \"21.\", \"text\": \"Registration of civil partnerships 21. (1) The Registrar shall keep at the office of the Registrar-General the Civil Partnerships Register in which shall be recorded \u2014 (a) all civil partnerships entered into in the Islands; and (b) all civil partnerships recognised under this Law. (2) Immediately after a civil partnership has been formalised by the Registrar, the Registrar shall issue to the parties a certificate of civil partnership which shall be signed by \u2014 (a) the Registrar; (b) the parties to the civil partnership; and (c) two witnesses to the civil partnership, and the Registrar shall enter particulars of the civil partnership in the prescribed form in the Civil Partnerships Register. (3) Immediately after a civil partnership has been formalised by a civil partnership officer, the civil partnership officer shall issue to the parties a certificate of civil partnership which shall be signed by \u2014 (a) the civil partnership officer; Civil Partnership Law, 2020 Law 35 of 2020 (b) the parties to the civil partnership; and (c) two witnesses to the civil partnership. (4) A civil partnership officer shall, as soon as practicable, transmit to the Registrar a duplicate of the certificate prepared under subsection (3) similarly signed, and the duplicate certificate shall be filed by the Registrar and preserved among the records of the office of the Registrar-General, and the Registrar shall enter a true copy thereof in the Civil Partnerships Register. (5) Immediately after a civil partnership has been formalised by a Civil Registrar, the Civil Registrar shall issue to the parties a certificate of civil partnership which shall be signed by \u2014 (a) the Civil Registrar; (b) the parties to the civil partnership; and (c) two witnesses to the civil partnership, and the Civil Registrar shall enter particulars of the civil partnership in the prescribed form in the Civil Registrar\u2019s Civil Partnerships Register Book. (6) The Civil Partnerships Register Book shall be in the prescribed form and contain the prescribed particulars. (7) After entering the particulars of the civil partnership in the Civil Registrar\u2019s Civil Partnerships Register Book, the Civil Registrar shall, as soon as practicable, transmit to the Registrar a duplicate of the certificate prepared under subsection (5) similarly signed, and the duplicate certificate shall be filed by the Registrar and preserved among the records of the office of the RegistrarGeneral, and the Registrar shall enter a true copy thereof in the Civil Partnerships Register. (8) In the case of a civil partnership formalised in extremis under section 15 \u2014 (a) the requirement as to the signing of the certificate by the parties to the civil partnership shall be waived so far as regards any party unable to sign; (b) the certificate shall be signed by \u2014 (i) the Registrar, the Civil Registrar or the civil partnership officer who formalised the civil partnership; (ii) any party to the civil partnership able to sign; and (iii) two witnesses to the civil partnership, one of whom shall be the medical doctor referred to in section 15; (c) the Registrar shall insert the words \u201cin extremis\u201d in the entry to be made in the Civil Partnerships Register; and (d) where applicable, the Civil Registrar shall insert the words \u201cin extremis\u201d in the entry to be made in the Civil Partnerships Register Book. Civil Partnership Law, 2020 Law 35 of 2020\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_22\", \"num\": \"22.\", \"text\": \"Access to Civil Partnerships Register 22. (1) The Registrar may, in accordance with this section \u2014 (a) allow a person or organisation (\u201capplicant\u201d) that has an adequate reason for wanting access to the Civil Partnerships Register access to the Register; or (b) provide a person or organisation (\u201capplicant\u201d) that has an adequate reason for wanting information from the Civil Partnerships Register, with information extracted from the Register. (2) In deciding whether an applicant has an adequate reason for wanting access to the Civil Partnerships Register, or information extracted from the Civil Partnerships Register, the Registrar shall have regard to \u2014 (a) the nature of the applicant\u2019s interest; (b) the sensitivity of the information; (c) the use to be made of the information; and (d) any other prescribed factors.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_23\", \"num\": \"23.\", \"text\": \"Registrar may require information 23. (1) The Registrar may, for the purpose of completing or rectifying the registration of any civil partnership, require any person \u2014 (a) who is required by this Law to give any notice or statement relating to the civil partnership; or (b) who may reasonably be expected to have knowledge of the true facts relating to the civil partnership, to make any written declaration or to give any information within the person\u2019s knowledge relating to the civil partnership, and to attend at the office of the Registrar-General for the purpose of making the declaration or giving the information. (2) If the Registrar thinks fit, the Registrar may require any such declaration or information to be made or given on oath.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_24\", \"num\": \"24.\", \"text\": \"Alterations and amendments to the register 24. (1) No alteration in the Civil Partnerships Register shall be made except as authorised by this section. (2) Any clerical error which may from time to time be discovered in the Civil Partnerships Register may be corrected by the Registrar or by any person authorised by the Registrar in that behalf; and where any such correction is made a note to that effect shall be inserted in the Civil Partnerships Register and shall be signed by the Registrar. Civil Partnership Law, 2020 Law 35 of 2020 (3) Any error of fact or substance in the Civil Partnerships Register may be corrected by the Registrar in cases where the Registrar is satisfied as to the truth of the correction. (4) The correction shall be made by entry in the Civil Partnerships Register (without any alteration in the original entry) and a note to that effect shall be inserted in the Civil Partnerships Register and shall be signed by the Registrar. (5) Where a person applies for the correction of an error of fact or substance, the Registrar, if satisfied as to the truth of the correction, and upon payment of the prescribed fee, may make the correction in the manner set out in subsection (4) upon production to the Registrar by the applicant of a sworn declaration in writing setting out \u2014 (a) the nature of the error; and (b) the true facts of the case, and made and signed by a person required to make any statement under the provisions of this Law relating to the civil partnership to which the application relates, or by any two persons having knowledge of the truth of the case.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_25\", \"num\": \"25.\", \"text\": \"Rectification 25. (1) Where a civil partnership is formalised under this Law, which, without fault of the parties to the civil partnership, has been omitted to be registered, or where the register of civil partnership has been lost or destroyed, either of the parties, or in the case of a party\u2019s death, the issue or other lawful representative of such party, may apply to a summary court for an order to have the civil partnership correctly registered. (2) A magistrate of the summary court shall require notice of the application under subsection (1) to be given to such persons as the magistrate thinks necessary. (3) If the magistrate is satisfied, after hearing evidence as may be adduced, that the civil partnership has been proved, the magistrate shall make an order to that effect, and shall certify the same to the Registrar who shall thereupon cause the civil partnership to be specially registered (in duplicate) in accordance with the terms of the order, in books to be kept for the purpose among the records of the office of the Registrar-General, with a note of such order and the date of the order. PART 8 - CIVIL PARTNERSHIP OFFICERS\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_26\", \"num\": \"26.\", \"text\": \"Appointment of civil partnership officers 26. (1) A person may apply in writing to the Deputy Governor to be appointed as a civil partnership officer and shall give his or her full name, address and date of birth, and such other particulars as may be prescribed. Civil Partnership Law, 2020 Law 35 of 2020 (2) The Deputy Governor may appoint a person as a civil partnership officer if the Deputy Governor, after consulting the Registrar, is satisfied \u2014 (a) that the person is of good character; (b) that the person is able to, and will, conscientiously perform the duties of a civil partnership officer under this Law; and (c) that the appointment is in the public interest. (3) The Registrar shall give notice in the Gazette, in any other official Government website or official means of communication of the name of every person who is appointed as a civil partnership officer. (4) A person named in a notice given under subsection (3) is entitled to act as a civil partnership officer on and from the date specified in the notice until the person\u2019s appointment ceases under section 27.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_27\", \"num\": \"27.\", \"text\": \"Ceasing to be a civil partnership officer 27. (1) A person ceases to be a civil partnership officer \u2014 (a) in the case of a person who resigns, on the date on which the Registrar receives the person\u2019s written notice of resignation; or (b) in the case of a person whose appointment is cancelled by the Deputy Governor under this section, on the date referred to in subsection (5). (2) The Deputy Governor, after consulting the Registrar, may cancel a person\u2019s appointment as a civil partnership officer if the Deputy Governor is no longer satisfied, with respect to the person, as to any of the matters set out in section 26(2). (3) The Deputy Governor shall not cancel a person\u2019s appointment as a civil partnership officer without first \u2014 (a) giving the person notice that the Deputy Governor is considering cancelling the appointment; (b) giving the person a reasonable opportunity to make submissions on the proposed cancellation; and (c) considering any submissions made by the person within that time. (4) The Registrar shall give notice in writing to the person concerned of the Deputy Governor\u2019s decision to cancel the person\u2019s appointment as a civil partnership officer, and also of any decision not to proceed with a proposed cancellation. (5) If a person\u2019s appointment as a civil partnership officer is cancelled, the notice from the Registrar shall specify the date on which the cancellation takes effect, which must be a date not sooner than five days after the date on which the notice is sent. Civil Partnership Law, 2020 Law 35 of 2020\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_28\", \"num\": \"28.\", \"text\": \"Publication of list of civil partnership officers 28. (1) The Registrar shall keep affixed in a conspicuous and accessible place on a notice board in a public area in the office of the Registrar-General a list showing the names of all civil partnership officers appointed under section 26. (2) The Registrar shall, at least once every year, publish a list in the Gazette, in any other official Government website or official means of communication of the names of all current civil partnership officers, and this list may be combined with any notice given under section 26(3). (3) The Registrar may at any time publish in the Gazette, in any other official Government website or official means of communication a list of the names of persons who have ceased to be civil partnership officers since the latest list under this section was published. PART 9 \u2013 CIVIL REGISTRARS\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_29\", \"num\": \"29.\", \"text\": \"Civil Registrars 29. (1) The Governor shall, from time to time, appoint and remove at pleasure such persons as the Governor thinks fit to be Civil Registrars for the purposes of this Law. (2) Appointments and removals of, and any resignation or vacation of office by Civil Registrars shall be published in the Gazette, in any other official Government website or official means of communication, and shall take effect from the date of publication. (3) A Civil Registrar shall have an office for the purpose of carrying out duties and functions under this Law and the Civil Registrar shall publish the location of such office.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_30\", \"num\": \"30.\", \"text\": \"Deputies to Civil Registrars 30. (1) A Civil Registrar shall, subject to the approval of the Governor, appoint in writing a fit person to act as the Civil Registrar\u2019s deputy in case of illness or absence of the Civil Registrar. (2) A deputy Civil Registrar shall hold office during the pleasure of the Civil Registrar by whom the deputy is appointed, but shall be removable from office by the Governor. (3) A deputy Civil Registrar, while so acting, shall have all the powers and duties and be subject to all the penalties in this Law relating to Civil Registrars. (4) A Civil Registrar shall be civilly responsible for the acts and omissions of the deputy appointed by the Civil Registrar. Civil Partnership Law, 2020 Law 35 of 2020 (5) In the event of the incapacity or absence of the deputy, the Governor shall appoint a fit person to act as Civil Registrar until the person holding the appointment of Civil Registrar resumes the duties of office or until a new appointment to the office of Civil Registrar is made. (6) If a Civil Registrar dies or otherwise ceases to hold office, the Civil Registrar\u2019s deputy shall act as Civil Registrar in Civil Registrar\u2019s place until the appointment of another Civil Registrar is made by the Governor. PART 10-PROTECTION FOR MARRIAGE OFFICERS\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_31\", \"num\": \"31.\", \"text\": \"Provision in respect of marriage officers 31. (1) A person granted a licence as a marriage officer under the Marriage Law (2010 Revision) is not authorised to formalise a civil partnership unless the person is also appointed as a Civil Registrar or a civil partnership officer under this Law. (2) No person may compel a marriage officer appointed under the Marriage Law (2010 Revision) to permit the use of any place of worship under the control of the marriage officer for the formalisation of a civil partnership. PART 11 - MARITIME CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_32\", \"num\": \"32.\", \"text\": \"Maritime civil partnerships: interpretation 32. In sections 33 to 37 \u2014 \u201cCayman Islands ship\u201d has the meaning given in section 2 of the Merchant Shipping Law (2016 Revision); \u201chigh seas\u201d means all parts of the sea that are not included in the territorial sea or the internal waters of a state or territory; \u201cmaster\u201d includes every person (except a pilot) having command or charge of any ship; and \u201cRegistrar of Shipping\u201d means the Registrar of Shipping appointed under section 10 of the Maritime Authority Law (2013 Revision).\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_33\", \"num\": \"33.\", \"text\": \"Maritime civil partnerships: civil partnership officers 33. (1) The Deputy Governor may grant a licence to the master of a Cayman Islands ship to be a civil partnership officer for the purposes of this Law. (2) An application for the grant to a master of a Cayman Islands ship of a licence to be a civil partnership officer shall be made in writing to the Deputy Governor and shall state the full name of the applicant, the applicant\u2019s address and date of birth, and shall contain such other particulars as may be prescribed. Civil Partnership Law, 2020 Law 35 of 2020 (3) An application under subsection (2) shall be forwarded to the Registrar of Shipping accompanied by a certificate of the applicant\u2019s qualifications to be a master of a Cayman Islands ship and a letter of the applicant\u2019s appointment to serve on board a Cayman Islands ship. (4) The Registrar of Shipping, on being satisfied that the application contains sufficient information to enable the application to be considered by the Deputy Governor, shall forward the application to the Registrar with the recommendation of the Registrar of Shipping on the application. (5) Every licence granted by the Deputy Governor under this section shall have effect as from such date and shall be valid for such period as may be specified in the licence, and may, by the terms of the licence, limit to any particular Cayman Islands ship or ships, the functions of the master so licensed. (6) A licence granted by the Deputy Governor under this section shall be in the prescribed form. (7) The Registrar shall publish a notice in the Gazette, in any other official Government website or official means of communication as soon as practicable after the grant of a licence under this section. (8) The Deputy Governor may, at any time and without assigning any reason, revoke a licence granted by the Deputy Governor under this section. (9) A civil partnership officer may, at any time by notice in writing to the Deputy Governor, surrender his or her licence. (10) The Registrar shall give notice in the Gazette, in any other official Government website or official means of communication of every revocation of a licence under subsection (8) or surrender of a licence under subsection (9).\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_34\", \"num\": \"34.\", \"text\": \"Maritime civil partnerships: provisional civil partnership officers 34. (1) The Deputy Governor may grant a licence to a person who is the second in command to the master of a Cayman Islands ship to be a provisional civil partnership officer for the purposes of this Law. (2) The making of an application for a licence under subsection (1) and the way the application is dealt with shall be the same as an application for a licence under section 33(2) to (4). (3) Section 33(5) to (10) shall apply, with necessary modifications, to a licence granted under subsection (1). (4) Notwithstanding subsections (2) and (3), a licence granted under subsection (1) shall be granted subject to the condition that the licensee shall formalise a civil partnership only if the licensee is, at the time scheduled for the formalisation of the civil partnership, the master of a Cayman Islands ship; and the licensee shall be deemed to be a civil partnership officer for that purpose. Civil Partnership Law, 2020 Law 35 of 2020\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_35\", \"num\": \"35.\", \"text\": \"Maritime civil partnerships: register of civil partnership officers 35. The Registrar shall keep affixed in a conspicuous and accessible place on a notice board in a public area in the office of the Registrar-General a list showing the names of all civil partnership officers licensed under section 33 and the names of the Cayman Islands ships on which they are serving.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_36\", \"num\": \"36.\", \"text\": \"Maritime civil partnerships: general provisions 36. (1) Subject to the requirements of this Law relating to notice of civil partnership and the issue of the Registrar\u2019s or a Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate, a civil partnership may be formalised before a civil partnership officer on the high seas under the authority of the Registrar\u2019s or a Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate . (2) A civil partnership may be formalised before a civil partnership officer on the high seas without notice of civil partnership or the issue of the Registrar\u2019s or a Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate under the authority of a special licence. (3) A civil partnership in extremis may be formalised on the high seas by a civil partnership officer in accordance with section 15. (4) A civil partnership formalised in the manner provided in this Law on board Cayman Islands ships on the high seas before a civil partnership officer shall be as valid in law as if it had been formalised in the Islands. (5) In this section, \u201ccivil partnership officer\u201d means one granted a licence under section 33 or 34.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_37\", \"num\": \"37.\", \"text\": \"Maritime civil partnerships: notices and register 37. (1) The Registrar shall indicate on any notice published in relation to a maritime civil partnership that it relates to a maritime civil partnership. (2) The Civil Partnerships Register shall contain a separate part for the registration of maritime civil partnerships. PART 12 - OVERSEAS RELATIONSHIPS TREATED AS CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_38\", \"num\": \"38.\", \"text\": \"Meaning of \u201coverseas relationships\u201d 38. For the purposes of this Law, \u201coverseas relationship\u201d means a relationship which is \u2014 (a) either a specified relationship or a relationship which meets the general conditions in section 39(4); and (b) registered (whether before or after the commencement date) with a responsible authority in a country or territory outside the Islands in Civil Partnership Law, 2020 Law 35 of 2020 accordance with the relevant law, by two persons neither of whom is already in a civil partnership or lawfully married, but does not include marriage contracted between parties who are respectively male and female.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_39\", \"num\": \"39.\", \"text\": \"Specified relationships and the general conditions 39. (1) \u201cSpecified relationship\u201d means one of the relationships listed by reference to the respective overseas jurisdictions listed in Schedule 2. (2) The Governor may by Order amend Schedule 2. (3) No Order shall be made under subsection (2) to add an overseas relationship to the list in Schedule 2 unless the Governor is satisfied that the overseas relationship is established or recognised under the relevant law and the relevant law meets the general conditions. (4) The \u201cgeneral conditions\u201d referred to in subsection (3) are that the relevant law \u2014 (a) prohibits a person from entering into the relationship if either party is already a party to a similar relationship or married, and requires that during the relationship the parties may not enter into another similar relationship or marry anyone else; (b) requires that the parties explicitly consent to entering into the relationship; (c) provides that the relationship ends only \u2014 (i) on the death of a party; or (ii) by a judicial or other process that would be recognised under the law of the Islands as a dissolution or an annulment; and (d) does not permit or recognise the relationship if the parties are related as \u2014 (i) parent and child (including an adopted child); (ii) siblings or half-siblings; or (iii) grandparent and grandchild.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_40\", \"num\": \"40.\", \"text\": \"Overseas relationships treated as civil partnerships 40. (1) Two persons are to be treated as having entered into a civil partnership as a result of having registered an overseas relationship under the relevant law if, under that law, they \u2014 (a) had capacity to enter into the relationship; and (b) met all requirements necessary to ensure the formal validity of the relationship. (2) Subject to subsection (3), the date on which the parties are to be treated as having entered into the civil partnership is \u2014 Civil Partnership Law, 2020 Law 35 of 2020 (a) the date on which the overseas relationship is registered (under the relevant law) as having been entered into; or (b) if later, the date on which both parties have attained the age of eighteen years. (3) Subject to subsection (4), if the overseas relationship is registered under the relevant law as having been entered into before the commencement date, then, from the commencement date, the parties are to be treated as having entered into a civil partnership \u2014 (a) on the date on which the overseas relationship was registered under the relevant law as having been entered into; or (b) if later, the date on which both parties have attained the age of eighteen years. (4) Subsection (3) does not apply if a dissolution or an annulment of the overseas relationship was obtained outside the Islands which would be recognised in the Islands had the overseas relationship been treated as a civil partnership at the time of the dissolution or the annulment. (5) The Governor may by regulations make such further provision as it considers necessary with respect to the treating of overseas relationships as civil partnerships in the Islands.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_41\", \"num\": \"41.\", \"text\": \"Public policy exception 41. Two persons are not to be treated as having entered into a civil partnership as a result of having entered into an overseas relationship if it would be manifestly contrary to public policy to recognise the capacity, under the relevant law, of one or both of them to enter into that relationship. PART 13 - BREAKDOWN, DISSOLUTION AND FINANCIAL RELIEF\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_42\", \"num\": \"42.\", \"text\": \"Application of the Matrimonial Causes Law (2005 Revision) and the Maintenance Law (1996 Revision) 42. The Matrimonial Causes Law (2005 Revision), the Maintenance Law (1996 Revision) and the rules and regulations made under those Laws shall apply with necessary changes to proceedings brought in respect of the breakdown, dissolution and nullity of civil partnerships and related financial relief in such proceedings, as they apply in respect of matrimonial proceedings. Civil Partnership Law, 2020 Law 35 of 2020 PART 14 - OFFENCES IN CONNECTION WITH CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_43\", \"num\": \"43.\", \"text\": \"Offences 43. (1) A person commits an offence if the person \u2014 (a) knowingly and wilfully purports to formalise a civil partnership without being the Registrar, a Civil Registrar or a civil partnership officer; (b) being the Registrar, a Civil Registrar or a civil partnership officer, formalises a civil partnership \u2014 (i) knowing that the civil partnership is void on any ground; or (ii) knowing that it is an irregular civil partnership; or (iii) accepts or publishes a notice, or issues a certificate of civil partnership, in respect of any intended civil partnership knowing that the civil partnership would be void or irregular; (c) is a party to a civil partnership, knowing that the civil partnership is void on any ground and that the other party believes it to be valid; (d) personates any other person in a civil partnership or enters into a civil partnership under a false name or description, with intent to deceive the other party to the civil partnership; (e) in any declaration, notice, statement, certificate, entry, licence or document required by any of the provisions of this Law to be made, given or issued for the purposes of a civil partnership, declares, states, certifies or enters any material matter or thing which the person knows to be false; or (f) attempts or aids or abets the commission of an offence under any of the preceding paragraphs, and is liable on conviction on indictment to a term of imprisonment of four years. (2) Without prejudice to the effect of subsection (1)(c) or (d), a person commits an offence if the person \u2014 (a) is a party to a civil partnership knowing that it is void on any ground or knowing that it is an irregular civil partnership; (b) enters into a civil partnership under a false name or description; or (c) attempts or aids or abets the commission of an offence under either of the preceding paragraphs, and is liable on conviction on indictment to fine of ten thousand dollars, a term of imprisonment of two years, or to both. Civil Partnership Law, 2020 Law 35 of 2020 (3) A person commits an offence if the person attempts to prevent a civil partnership by pretending that there is any legal impediment to the civil partnership knowing that the pretence is false, or having no reason to believe that it is true, and is liable on conviction on indictment to fine of ten thousand dollars, a term of imprisonment of two years, or both. (4) A civil partnership officer or a Civil Registrar who, without reasonable cause or excuse, fails within seven days after the formalisation of any civil partnership to transmit to the Registrar a duplicate certificate in accordance with section 21 commits an offence, and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars. (5) For the purpose of this section, \u201cirregular civil partnership\u201d means a civil partnership (other than a void civil partnership or a civil partnership in extremis) formalised \u2014 (a) without any notice given of the civil partnership as required by this Law; (b) without the authority \u2014 (i) of the Registrar\u2019s or a Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate issued under section 9; or (ii) of a special licence granted by the Governor under section 10; or (iii) of a licence granted by the Deputy Governor under section 33 or 34; (c) after the expiration of three months from the date of the issue of the Registrar\u2019s or a Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate or from the date of the grant of a licence or special licence; or (d) before the removal of a caveat entered against the issue of the Registrar\u2019s or a Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate. (6) A prosecution under this section shall not be instituted without the written consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions. PART 15 - MISCELLANEOUS\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_44\", \"num\": \"44.\", \"text\": \"Evidence of civil partnership by means of Register 44. Every entry in the Civil Partnerships Register and every copy of any such entry purporting to be certified as a true copy under the hand and seal of the Registrar, shall be received in all courts and in all proceedings as evidence of the civil partnership to which the entry relates. Civil Partnership Law, 2020 Law 35 of 2020\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_45\", \"num\": \"45.\", \"text\": \"Information may be recorded in electronic form 45. The information contained in any register, book or other document required to be kept by the Registrar under this Law may be recorded and kept by the Registrar in electronic form or such other form as the Registrar thinks fit, provided that it is possible to inspect the information and to produce a copy of it in legible form.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_46\", \"num\": \"46.\", \"text\": \"Use of foreign language 46. Where any party to a civil partnership is not conversant with the English language, then the statements and declarations required by this Law to be used in the formalisation of the civil partnership shall, so far as they affect or are to be used by that party, be made in the language which that party commonly uses.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_47\", \"num\": \"47.\", \"text\": \"Annual report 47. The Registrar shall within ninety days after the expiration of every calendar year, compile for publication in such form and manner as the Deputy Governor may approve, a summary of the civil partnerships registered under this Law during that year. PART 16 - CONSEQUENTIAL AND RELATED AMENDMENTS\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_48\", \"num\": \"48.\", \"text\": \"Application by reference of enactments relating to marriage etc. 48. (1) Until all necessary legislation is enacted to provide amendments consequential upon the enactment of this Law, in any legislation, whether passed before or after the commencement date, the words and expressions listed in the first column of the table below shall, in each place be read as the corresponding word or expression in the second column unless the enactment is specifically amended. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the Marriage Law (2010 Revision) but a reference in any legislation to the Marriage Law (2010 Revision) shall be read as including a reference to this Law. TABLE conjugal pertaining to civil partnership dissolution (of marriage) dissolution (of civil partnership) divorce dissolution divorced former civil partner where civil partnership dissolved Civil Partnership Law, 2020 Law 35 of 2020 conjugal pertaining to civil partnership former spouse former civil partner where civil partnership dissolved or annulled husband civil partner husband and wife the parties to a civil partnership marital pertaining to civil partnership marriage civil partnership married party to a civil partnership marry enter into a civil partnership matrimonial civil partnership next of kin includes civil partner relative includes civil partner remarriage entering into a subsequent civil partnership or marriage remarry entering into a subsequent civil partnership or marriage separated (of spouses) separated (of civil partners) spouse civil partner widow or widower surviving civil partner. wife civil partner Civil Partnership Law, 2020 Law 35 of 2020 PART 17 - PROVISIONS RELATING TO CERTAIN MARRIAGES\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_49\", \"num\": \"49.\", \"text\": \"Saving for certain same sex marriages 49. (1) Notwithstanding section 40, nothing in this Law prevents the recognition in the Islands of a marriage lawfully entered into and registered in an overseas jurisdiction under the relevant law of that jurisdiction before the commencement date by two persons of the same sex if \u2014 (a) both parties met all requirements necessary to ensure the formal validity of the marriage under the relevant law; and (b) at the time of the marriage each party was domiciled in the Islands or had capacity to enter into the marriage under the place of his or her domicile, provided that both parties were eighteen years of age or older at the time of the marriage. (2) In relation to a marriage falling within subsection (1), any reference in any enactment to marriage, the parties to marriage or the dissolution of marriage shall be read with the necessary modifications. (3) No action shall lie against any person for any act or omission before the commencement date relating to any failure to recognise a marriage falling within subsection (1). PART 18 - FINAL PROVISIONS\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_50\", \"num\": \"50.\", \"text\": \"Governor\u2019s regulations 50. The Governor, after consultation with the Premier, may make regulations \u2014 (a) for the purpose of prescribing forms and fees; and (b) generally for the purpose of giving effect to this Law.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_51\", \"num\": \"51.\", \"text\": \"Delegation of powers of the Governor and Deputy Governor 51. (1) The Governor may, either generally or as otherwise provided by the instrument of delegation, by writing signed by the Governor, delegate to the Deputy Governor any of the Governor\u2019s powers or duties under this Law, other than \u2014 (a) this power of delegation; and (b) the power to appoint persons under this Law. (2) The Deputy Governor may, either generally or as otherwise provided by the instrument of delegation, by writing signed by the Deputy Governor, delegate to a public officer any of the Deputy Governor\u2019s powers or duties under this Law, other than \u2014 (a) this power of delegation; and Civil Partnership Law, 2020 Law 35 of 2020 (b) the power to appoint persons under this Law.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_52\", \"num\": \"52.\", \"text\": \"Law binding on Crown 52. This Law binds the Crown. Civil Partnership Law, 2020 SCHEDULE 1 Law 35 of 2020 SCHEDULE 1 (Section 6) PROHIBITED DEGREES OF CIVIL PARTNERSHIP 1. A person may not enter into a civil partnership with the person\u2019s \u2014 (a) grandparent; parent; child; grandchild; sibling; (b) parent\u2019s sibling; sibling\u2019s child; (c) grandparent\u2019s former spouse or civil partner; parent\u2019s former spouse or civil partner; spouse\u2019s or civil partner\u2019s grandparent; spouse\u2019s or civil partner\u2019s parent; (d) spouse\u2019s or civil partner\u2019s child; spouse\u2019s or civil partner\u2019s grandchild; child\u2019s former spouse or civil partner; (e) grandchild\u2019s former spouse or civil partner. (f) grandparent; parent; child; grandchild; sibling; (g) parent\u2019s sibling; sibling\u2019s child; (h) grandparent\u2019s former spouse or civil partner; parent\u2019s former spouse or civil partner; spouse\u2019s or civil partner\u2019s grandparent; spouse\u2019s or civil partner\u2019s parent; (i) spouse\u2019s or civil partner\u2019s child; spouse\u2019s or civil partner\u2019s grandchild; child\u2019s former spouse or civil partner; (j) grandchild\u2019s former spouse or civil partner. (k) grandparent; parent; child; grandchild; sibling; (l) parent\u2019s sibling; sibling\u2019s child; (m) grandparent\u2019s former spouse or civil partner; parent\u2019s former spouse or civil partner; spouse\u2019s or civil partner\u2019s grandparent; spouse\u2019s or civil partner\u2019s parent; (n) spouse\u2019s or civil partner\u2019s child; spouse\u2019s or civil partner\u2019s grandchild; child\u2019s former spouse or civil partner; (o) grandchild\u2019s former spouse or civil partner. 2. The prohibited degrees of civil partnership apply whether the relationships described in paragraph 1 are by the whole blood or by the half blood. SCHEDULE 1 Civil Partnership Law, 2020 Law 35 of 2020 3. In this Schedule, \u201cspouse\u201d and \u201ccivil partner\u201d include a former spouse or former civil partner, whether alive or deceased, and whether the marriage or civil partnership was terminated by death, dissolution, or otherwise. 4. (1) Two persons who are within the prohibited degrees of affinity, but who are not within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity, may apply to the Grand Court for an order under this paragraph. (2) On an application under subparagraph (1), the Grand Court may make an order disapplying section 6(1) as it applies to the applicants. (3) The Clerk of the Court shall send a copy of the order to the Registrar. 5. The Governor may, by Order, amend this Schedule and make such transitional or further provision as it considers necessary in consequence. Civil Partnership Law, 2020 SCHEDULE 2 Law 35 of 2020 SCHEDULE 2 (Section 39) SPECIFIED RELATIONSHIPS List of specified relationships for purposes of section 39 Country or territory Description Andorra uni\u00f3n estable de parella or partnership domestic Argentina marriage Argentina: Autonomous City of Buenos Aires uni\u00f3n domestic Australia: Australian Capital Territory civil partnership Australia: New South Wales registered relationship registered Australia: Queensland civil partnership Australia: Tasmania significant relationship Australia: Victoria registered civil relationship Austria eingetragene Partnerschaft Belgium cohabitation l\u00e9gale, wettelijke samenwoning or gesetzliches zusammenwohnen Belgium marriage Brazil marriage Brazil uni\u00e3o est\u00e1vel or casamento civil homoafetivo Canada marriage Canada: Manitoba common-law relationship or union de fait Canada: Nova Scotia civil partnership Canada: Quebec union civile or civil union Colombia uni\u00f3n marital de hecho Czech Republic registrovan\u00e9 partnertsv\u00ed Denmark marriage Denmark registreret partnerskab Ecuador uni\u00f3n civil Finland rekister\u00f6ity parisuhde or registrerad partnerskap France pacte civil de solidarit\u00e9 Germany gleichgeschlechtliche Ehe Germany eingetragene lebenspartnerschaft Gibraltar civil partnership SCHEDULE 2 Civil Partnership Law, 2020 Law 35 of 2020 Country or territory Description Greenland nalunaarsukkamik inooqatigiinneq or registreret partnerskab Hungary bejegyzett \u00e9lett\u00e1rsi kapcsolat Iceland marriage Iceland sta\u00f0festa samvist Ireland marriage Ireland civil partnership Isle of Man civil partnership Jersey civil partnership Liechtenstein eingetragene partnerschaft Luxembourg partenariat l\u00e9gal or eingetragene partnerschaft Malta \u017bwie\u0121 bejn l-istess sess Malta unjoni \u010bivili Mexico: Coahuila pacto civil de solidaridad Mexico: Mexico City Federal District marriage Mexico: Mexico City Federal District sociedad de convivencia Netherlands geregistreerd partnerschap Netherlands marriage New Zealand civil union Norway marriage Norway registrert partnerskap Portugal marriage or uni\u00e3o de facto Slovenia zakon o registraciji istospolne partnerske partnerske skupnosti South Africa marriage South Africa civil partnership Spain marriage or pareja de hecho Sweden marriage Switzerland eingetragene partnerschaft, partenariat enregistr\u00e9 or partnershipe domestica registrata United Kingdom: England & Wales marriage marriage United Kingdom: England & Wales civil partnership United Kingdom: Northern Ireland civil partnership United Kingdom: Scotland marriage United Kingdom: Scotland civil partnership United States of America (including the unincorporated territories of Guam, the marriage Civil Partnership Law, 2020 SCHEDULE 2 Law 35 of 2020 Country or territory Description Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands) United States of America: California civil partnership 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consent......................................................................................................9\n5.\nRequirement not to be already married, in a civil partnership or in an overseas\nrelationship ................................................................................................................................9\n6.\nProhibited degrees of civil partnership ..................................................................................... 10\nPART 3 - NOTICE AND ISSUE OF CERTIFICATE AND\nSPECIAL LICENCE\n7.\nAuthority for civil partnership .................................................................................................... 10\n8.\nPreliminaries to civil partnership on Registrar\u2019s or Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate .......................... 10\n9.\nIssue of certificate to enter into civil partnership ....................................................................... 11\n10.\nSpecial licence ......................................................................................................................... 11\n11.\nCertificate and special licence void after three months ............................................................. 13\n12.\nAuthorisation of civil partnership officer by Registrar\u2019s or Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate or\nspecial licence ......................................................................................................................... 13\n\nArrangement of Sections\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\n\nPage 4\nLaw 35 of 2020\nc\n\nPART 4 - FORMALISATION OF CIVIL PARTNERSHIP\n13.\nFormalisation by the Registrar or Civil Registrar ...................................................................... 13\n14.\nFormalisation by civil partnership officer .................................................................................. 14\n15.\nCivil partnership in extremis ..................................................................................................... 15\nPART 5 - CAVEAT\n16.\nCaveat to intended civil partnership ......................................................................................... 16\n17.\nPowers of Judge regarding caveat ........................................................................................... 16\nPART 6 - VOID AND VOIDABLE CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS\n18.\nGrounds on which a civil partnership is void ............................................................................ 17\n19.\nGrounds on which a civil partnership is voidable ...................................................................... 17\n20.\nEffect of defect in formalities or procedures ............................................................................. 18\nPART 7-REGISTRATION\n21.\nRegistration of civil partnerships .............................................................................................. 18\n22.\nAccess to Civil Partnerships Register ...................................................................................... 20\n23.\nRegistrar may require information ............................................................................................ 20\n24.\nAlterations and amendments to the register ............................................................................. 20\n25.\nRectification ............................................................................................................................. 21\nPART 8 - CIVIL PARTNERSHIP OFFICERS\n26.\nAppointment of civil partnership officers ................................................................................... 21\n27.\nCeasing to be a civil partnership officer ................................................................................... 22\n28.\nPublication of list of civil partnership officers ............................................................................ 23\nPART 9 \u2013 CIVIL REGISTRARS\n29.\nCivil Registrars ........................................................................................................................ 23\n30.\nDeputies to Civil Registrars ...................................................................................................... 23\nPART 10-PROTECTION FOR MARRIAGE OFFICERS\n31.\nProvision in respect of marriage officers .................................................................................. 24\nPART 11 - MARITIME CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS\n32.\nMaritime civil partnerships: interpretation ................................................................................. 24\n33.\nMaritime civil partnerships: civil partnership officers ................................................................. 24\n34.\nMaritime civil partnerships: provisional civil partnership officers ............................................... 25\n35.\nMaritime civil partnerships: register of civil partnership officers ................................................ 26\n36.\nMaritime civil partnerships: general provisions ......................................................................... 26\n37.\nMaritime civil partnerships: notices and register ....................................................................... 26\n\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\nArrangement of Sections\n\nc\nLaw 35 of 2020\nPage 5\n\nPART 12 - OVERSEAS RELATIONSHIPS TREATED AS CIVIL\nPARTNERSHIPS\n38.\nMeaning of \u201coverseas relationships\u201d ........................................................................................ 26\n39.\nSpecified relationships and the general conditions ................................................................... 27\n40.\nOverseas relationships treated as civil partnerships ................................................................. 27\n41.\nPublic policy exception............................................................................................................. 28\nPART 13 - BREAKDOWN, DISSOLUTION AND FINANCIAL\nRELIEF\n42.\nApplication of the Matrimonial Causes Law (2005 Revision) and the Maintenance Law\n(1996 Revision) ....................................................................................................................... 28\nPART 14 - OFFENCES IN CONNECTION WITH CIVIL\nPARTNERSHIPS\n43.\nOffences .................................................................................................................................. 29\nPART 15 - MISCELLANEOUS\n44.\nEvidence of civil partnership by means of Register .................................................................. 30\n45.\nInformation may be recorded in electronic form ....................................................................... 31\n46.\nUse of foreign language ........................................................................................................... 31\n47.\nAnnual report ........................................................................................................................... 31\nPART 16 - CONSEQUENTIAL AND RELATED AMENDMENTS\n48.\nApplication by reference of enactments relating to marriage etc............................................... 31\nPART 17 - PROVISIONS RELATING TO CERTAIN\nMARRIAGES\n49.\nSaving for certain same sex marriages .................................................................................... 33\nPART 18 - FINAL PROVISIONS\n50.\nGovernor\u2019s regulations ............................................................................................................. 33\n51.\nDelegation of powers of the Governor and Deputy Governor ................................................... 33\n52.\nLaw binding on Crown ............................................................................................................. 34\nSCHEDULE 1\n35\nSCHEDULE 2\n37\n\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\nSection 1\n\nc\nLaw 35 of 2020\nPage 7\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nCIVIL PARTNERSHIP LAW, 2020\n(Law 35 of 2020)\nA LAW TO PROVIDE FOR CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS; AND FOR INCIDENTAL AND\nCONNECTED PURPOSES\nENACTED by the Governor in accordance with section 81 of the Constitution, after\nconsultation with the Premier, with the prior approval of the Secretary of State, and\npursuant to instructions issued in accordance with section 31 of the Constitution.\nPART 1 - PRELIMINARY\n1.\nShort title\n1.\nThis Law may be cited as the Civil Partnership Law, 2020.\n2.\nInterpretation\n2.\nIn this Law \u2014\n\u201ccertificate of civil partnership\u201d means a certificate issued under section 21\nafter a civil partnership is formalised;\n\u201ccivil partner\u201d means a party to a civil partnership;\n\u201ccivil partnership\u201d means a union between two persons \u2014\n(a) recognised; or\n(b) formalised and registered,\nin accordance with this Law;\n(Law 35 of 2020)\nI Assent,\nMartyn Roper\nGovernor\nDate: 4th day of September, 2020\n\nSection 3\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\n\nPage 8\nLaw 35 of 2020\nc\n\n\u201ccivil partnership officer\u201d means a person appointed under section 26 or\nlicensed under section 33 or 34;\n\u201cCivil Partnerships Register\u201d means the register kept under section 21;\n\u201cCivil Registrar\u201d means a Civil Registrar for civil partnerships appointed under\nsection 29;\n\u201ccommencement date\u201d means the date on which this Law is published in the\nGazette;\n\u201coverseas relationship\u201d has the meaning assigned by section 38;\n\u201cprescribed\u201d means prescribed by regulations made by the Governor in\naccordance with section 50;\n\u201cprohibited degrees of civil partnership\u201d has the meaning given in section 6\nand Schedule 1;\n\u201cRegistrar\u201d means the Registrar of Civil Partnerships who shall be the\nRegistrar-General;\n\u201cRegistrar\u2019s or a Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate\u201d means a certificate issued by\nthe Registrar or a Civil Registrar under section 9;\n\u201crelevant law\u201d means the law of the country or territory where the relationship\nis registered, including its rules of private international law;\n\u201cspecial licence\u201d means a special licence issued by the Governor under\nsection 10;\n\u201cspecified relationship\u201d has the meaning assigned by section 39; and\n\u201cwitness\u201d means a person who is eighteen years of age or older who is of sound\nmind.\n3.\nOverview of civil partnership\n3.\n(1) Two persons may enter into a civil partnership under this Law if \u2014\n(a)\neither person is sixteen years of age or older but under the age of eighteen\nand the person\u2019s parent, legal guardian or the court consents to the civil\npartnership in accordance with this Law;\n(b) both persons are over the age of eighteen years;\n(c)\nneither person is currently married, in a civil partnership or overseas\nrelationship; and\n(d) neither person is within the prohibited degrees of civil partnership.\n(2) A civil partnership may be formalised by the Registrar or a Civil Registrar or by\na civil partnership officer.\n(3) After a civil partnership is formalised, a party to the civil partnership shall\nregister it under section 21.\n\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\nSection 4\n\nc\nLaw 35 of 2020\nPage 9\n\n(4) The dissolution of a civil partnership is governed by the Matrimonial Causes\nLaw (2005 Revision) and the Maintenance Law (1996 Revision) as applied by\nsection 42.\n(5) This section is subject to the provisions of this Law.\nPART 2 - CAPACITY\n4.\nAge of eligibility and consent\n4.\n(1) Subject to this section, a person who has not reached the age of eighteen years\nis prohibited from entering into a civil partnership.\n(2) Where a person is under the age of eighteen years but is sixteen years of age or\nolder and is not a widower or widow, and the person intends to enter into a civil\npartnership, either parent or the legal guardian of the person shall have authority\nto consent to the civil partnership of the person, and such consent is required by\nthis Law.\n(3) If the parent or legal guardian whose consent to a civil partnership is\nnecessary \u2014\n(a)\nis not of sound mind; or\n(b) is unreasonably withholding consent,\neither party to the civil partnership may refer the matter to the Grand Court and\na judge shall decide upon the matter summarily.\n(4) If, upon examination by a judge of the Grand Court under subsection (3) the\nproposed civil partnership appears to be proper, the judge shall certify to that\nfact, and the certificate of the court shall be as good and effectual as if the\nnecessary consent had been given.\n(5) Where either of the parties to a civil partnership is under eighteen years of age,\nis not a widower or widow, and enters into a civil partnership under this Law\nwithout the consent required to enter into a civil partnership in accordance with\nthis Law, the civil partnership shall be voidable.\n5.\nRequirement not to be already married, in a civil partnership or in an\noverseas relationship\n5.\n(1) A person who is married is prohibited from entering into a civil partnership\nduring the currency of the marriage.\n(2) A person who is in a civil partnership is prohibited from entering into another\ncivil partnership during the currency of the first-mentioned civil partnership.\n(3) A person who is in an overseas relationship is prohibited from entering into a\ncivil partnership during the currency of the overseas relationship.\n\nSection 6\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\n\nPage 10\nLaw 35 of 2020\nc\n\n6.\nProhibited degrees of civil partnership\n6.\n(1) Two persons who are within the prohibited degrees of civil partnership, as set\nout in Schedule 1, are prohibited from entering into a civil partnership with each\nother.\n(2) Subsection (1) is subject to paragraph 4 of Schedule 1.\nPART 3 - NOTICE AND ISSUE OF CERTIFICATE AND SPECIAL\nLICENCE\n7.\nAuthority for civil partnership\n7.\nA civil partnership may be formalised under the authority of \u2014\n(a)\nthe Registrar\u2019s or a Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate issued under section 9;\n(b) a special licence granted by the Governor under section 10; or\n(c)\na licence granted by the Deputy Governor under section 33 or 34,\nand without any such authority in the cases provided for in section 15.\n8.\nPreliminaries to civil partnership on Registrar\u2019s or Civil Registrar\u2019s\ncertificate\n8.\n(1) If two persons intend to enter into a civil partnership, one of them shall apply\nto \u2014\n(a)\nthe Registrar; or\n(b) a Civil Registrar,\nand shall give notice in the prescribed form of the intended civil partnership.\n(2) The person giving notice under subsection (1) shall also make a statutory\ndeclaration in the prescribed form before the Registrar or Civil Registrar\ndeclaring that the person believes that \u2014\n(a)\nwhere applicable, either of the parties or both are at least sixteen years of\nage but under eighteen years of age and has or have received consent to\nenter into a civil partnership in accordance with this Law;\n(b) where applicable, the parties are both eighteen years of age or older;\n(c)\nneither party is currently married, in a civil partnership or overseas\nrelationship;\n(d) the parties are not within the prohibited degrees of civil partnership or, if\nthey are, a court order has been made under paragraph 4 of Schedule 1\ndispensing with the prohibition;\n(e)\nthere is no other lawful impediment to the intended civil partnership; and\n(f)\nthe particulars in the notice are true.\n\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\nSection 9\n\nc\nLaw 35 of 2020\nPage 11\n\n(3) If both of the parties to an intended civil partnership are ordinarily resident\noutside of the Islands, the requirements of this section are satisfied if one of the\nparties sends to the Registrar by electronic means to the e-mail address provided\nby the Registrar or posts to the Registrar \u2014\n(a)\nthe notice under subsection (1) in the prescribed form; and\n(b) the statutory declaration as to the matters in subsection (2) at any time\nbefore the civil partnership is formalised.\n(4) Upon receipt of a notice of an intended civil partnership, the Registrar or Civil\nRegistrar, on being satisfied that the notice conforms to the requirements of this\nsection, shall \u2014\n(a)\nenter the particulars set out in the notice in the Civil Partnerships Notice\nBook; and\n(b) display in a conspicuous and accessible place on a notice board in a public\narea in the Registrar or Civil Registrar\u2019s office, a public notice of the\nintended civil partnership in the form as provided by the Registrar, and\nshall keep the notice so displayed for seven consecutive days after it has\nbeen put up.\n(5) The Civil Partnerships Notice Book shall be open at all reasonable times to any\nperson desiring to inspect it.\n(6) For the purposes of this section, \u201celectronic\u201d has the meaning assigned by\nsection 2 of the Electronic Transactions Law (2003 Revision).\n9.\nIssue of certificate to enter into civil partnership\n9.\nAfter the submission, whether by posting or by electronic means, and publication of\nthe notice of intended civil partnership as required by section 8, and, at any time not\nlater than three months nor earlier than seven days after the receipt of the notice of\ncivil partnership, the Registrar or the Civil Registrar, on the application of either of\nthe parties to the intended civil partnership, or by any person authorised by the person\nwho gave the notice, shall issue to the applicant the Registrar\u2019s or Civil Registrar\u2019s\ncertificate, whichever is applicable, in the form provided by the Registrar \u2014\n(a)\nif no lawful impediment has been shown to the Registrar\u2019s or the Civil\nRegistrar\u2019s satisfaction why a certificate should not be issued; and\n(b) if no caveat has been entered against the issue of a certificate or if a caveat\nso entered has been removed.\n10.\nSpecial licence\n10. (1) Notwithstanding anything in this Law, the Governor may, in the case of an\nintended civil partnership between two persons who are not resident in the\nIslands \u2014\n\nSection 10\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\n\nPage 12\nLaw 35 of 2020\nc\n\n(a)\ndispense with the giving of notice of civil partnership and with the issue\nof the Registrar\u2019s or a Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate; and\n(b) grant a special licence in the prescribed form authorising the formalising\nof the civil partnership before the Registrar, a Civil Registrar or a civil\npartnership officer.\n(2) An application for a special licence may be made by a party to the intended civil\npartnership to the Governor and it shall be submitted by the party to the Registrar\ntogether with the affidavit referred to in subsection (5).\n(3) The Registrar shall, if satisfied that there is sufficient information for the\nconsideration of the Governor, forward the application under subsection (2) and\nall other relevant documents to the Governor together with the Registrar\u2019s\nrecommendation in relation to the application.\n(4) The Governor shall not grant a special licence under this section unless \u2014\n(a)\nit appears to the Governor that the intended civil partnership is not\nprohibited by this Law; and\n(b) an affidavit is produced to the Governor as mentioned in subsection (5).\n(5) One of the parties to the intended civil partnership shall make an affidavit\ndeposing to the following matters \u2014\n(a) that neither party is resident in the Islands;\n(b) where applicable, that either party is sixteen years of age or older but under\nthe age of eighteen and consent has been received in accordance with this\nLaw;\n(c)\nwhere applicable, that the parties are both eighteen years of age or older;\n(d) that neither party is currently married, in a civil partnership or overseas\nrelationship;\n(e)\nthat the parties are not within the prohibited degrees of civil partnership\nor, if they are, that a court order has been made under paragraph 4 of\nSchedule 1 dispensing with the prohibition;\n(f)\nthat there is no other lawful impediment to the intended civil partnership;\nand\n(g) where the intended civil partnership is not to be formalised by the\nRegistrar, the name of the relevant Civil Registrar or civil partnership\nofficer before whom the parties to the intended civil partnership wish the\ncivil partnership to be formalised.\n(6) The Governor may require proof being made to the Governor\u2019s satisfaction of\nall or any of the matters mentioned in an application under subsection (5), and\nfor the purposes of such proof, the Governor may prescribe any form of\ndeclaration that the Governor thinks fit to be made before any person that the\n\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\nSection 11\n\nc\nLaw 35 of 2020\nPage 13\n\nGovernor may appoint, and declarations so prescribed shall be deemed to be\ndeclarations required by law for the purposes of a civil partnership.\n(7) Upon proof being made under subsection (6) to the Governor\u2019s satisfaction, the\nGovernor may, if the Governor thinks fit, grant a special licence in the\nprescribed form.\n11.\nCertificate and special licence void after three months\n11. Where an intended civil partnership does not take place within three months after the\ndate of the issue of \u2014\n(a) the Registrar\u2019s or a Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate relating to the intended\ncivil partnership, subject to the lodging of a caveat under section 16; or\n(b) a special licence relating to the intended civil partnership,\nthe certificate or special licence shall be void, and the civil partnership shall not be\nentered into under the authority of that certificate or special licence.\n12.\nAuthorisation of civil partnership officer by Registrar\u2019s or Civil Registrar\u2019s\ncertificate or special licence\n12. A Registrar\u2019s or Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate or a special licence authorises a civil\npartnership officer to formalise the civil partnership to which the certificate or special\nlicence relates.\nPART 4 - FORMALISATION OF CIVIL PARTNERSHIP\n13.\nFormalisation by the Registrar or Civil Registrar\n13. (1) The Registrar or Civil Registrar may formalise a civil partnership if the\nRegistrar or Civil Registrar, as applicable, is satisfied \u2014\n(a)\nthat the civil partnership is not prohibited by this Law;\n(b) that the requirements of this Law have been complied with; and\n(c)\nthat \u2014\n(i)\nno caveat to the civil partnership has been lodged under section 16;\nor\n(ii) if a caveat has been lodged, it has been withdrawn or removed.\n(2) The formalisation of a civil partnership shall not take place \u2014\n(a)\nearlier than seven days after the date on which notice of intended civil\npartnership was given; or\n(b) more than three months after the date on which notice of the intended civil\npartnership was given or, where a caveat has been lodged, more than three\nmonths after the date on which the caveat was withdrawn or removed.\n\nSection 14\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\n\nPage 14\nLaw 35 of 2020\nc\n\n(3) A civil partnership shall only be formalised by the Registrar between the hours\nof 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on Monday to Friday and may only be formalised by\nthe Registrar \u2014\n(a)\nat the office of the Registrar; or\n(b) at an alternative location approved by the Registrar.\n(4) A civil partnership shall only be formalised by a Civil Registrar between the\nhours of 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. and \u2014\n(a)\nat the office of the Civil Registrar; or\n(b) at an alternative location approved by the Registrar.\n(5) During the formalisation, in the presence of the Registrar and at least two\nwitnesses each party shall make a clear statement that \u2014\n(a)\ngives the full names of both parties; and\n(b) acknowledges that they are freely entering into a civil partnership with\neach other and know of no lawful impediment to the civil partnership.\n(6) The Governor may \u2014\n(a)\nmake regulations prescribing buildings or other places as alternative\napproved locations for the purposes of subsection (3)(b) and (4)(b); and\n(b) on application made by the parties in writing at least fourteen days before\nthe proposed date of the formalisation, approve an additional alternative\nlocation, subject to the approval of the Registrar and on such terms and\nconditions as the Governor may direct.\n(7) The parties to a civil partnership to be formalised at an alternative approved\nlocation shall \u2014\n(a)\nobtain the written permission of the owner or occupier to use that location\nfor the formalisation of their civil partnership and notify the Registrar, or\nwhere the civil partnership is to be formalised by a Civil Registrar, both\nthe Registrar and the Civil Registrar; and\n(b) comply with any terms and conditions imposed by the owner or occupier.\n14.\nFormalisation by civil partnership officer\n14. (1) On the delivery to a civil partnership officer of either \u2014\n(a)\na valid Registrar\u2019s or Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate issued under section 9;\nor\n(b) a valid special licence granted by the Governor under section 10,\nthe civil partnership officer may formalise a civil partnership between the parties\nspecified in the certificate or special licence.\n(2) A civil partnership shall be formalised in the presence of two or more witnesses\nin addition to the civil partnership officer.\n\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\nSection 15\n\nc\nLaw 35 of 2020\nPage 15\n\n(3) A civil partnership may be formalised in any place in the Islands, but shall not\nbe formalised in a place to which access is prevented by locked or barred doors\nor otherwise.\n(4) During the formalisation, in the presence of the civil partnership officer and at\nleast two witnesses, each party shall make a clear statement that \u2014\n(a)\ngives the full name of each party; and\n(b) acknowledges that they are freely entering into a civil partnership with\neach other and know of no lawful impediment to the civil partnership.\n(5) A civil partnership officer shall not formalise a civil partnership if the civil\npartnership officer knows or has reason to believe that there is a lawful\nimpediment to the civil partnership.\n15.\nCivil partnership in extremis\n15. (1) Notwithstanding anything in this Law, if the conditions specified in\nsubsection (2) are fulfilled, it shall be lawful to formalise a civil partnership\nbefore a civil partnership officer without giving notice of the intended civil\npartnership, or, if notice has been given \u2014\n(a)\nwithout the issue of the Registrar\u2019s or a Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate under\nsection 9;\n(b) without the grant of a special licence under section 10; or\n(c)\nafter the expiration of three months from the date of the issue of the\nRegistrar\u2019s or a Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate or a special licence.\n(2) The conditions referred to in subsection (1) are as follows \u2014\n(a)\nboth parties to the intended civil partnership are required to be legally\ncompetent to enter into the civil partnership;\n(b) the civil partnership shall be formalised in the presence of two or more\nwitnesses in addition to the civil partnership officer, and one of the\nwitnesses must be a medical doctor;\n(c)\neach party shall give a clear statement that \u2014\n(i)\ngives the full name of each party; and\n(ii) acknowledges that the parties are freely entering into a civil\npartnership with each other and know of no lawful impediment to the\ncivil partnership; and\n(d) at least one of the parties to the intended civil partnership must, in the\nopinion of a medical doctor, be in a dying state but is able to understand\nthe effect of entering into the civil partnership.\n(3) A civil partnership formalised under this section shall not operate as a\nrevocation of any will.\n\nSection 16\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\n\nPage 16\nLaw 35 of 2020\nc\n\nPART 5 - CAVEAT\n16.\nCaveat to intended civil partnership\n16. (1) A person who knows or claims to know of any lawful grounds why a civil\npartnership should not take place may enter a caveat against the issue of the\nRegistrar\u2019s or a Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate.\n(2) A person shall enter a caveat by notice in writing signed by that person, stating\nthe person\u2019s full name, residential address, and the grounds of objection on\nwhich the person claims the civil partnership should not take place.\n(3) A caveat shall be given to the Registrar or Civil Registrar and may be given at\nany time before the issue of the certificate to which it relates.\n(4) Where a caveat is given to a Civil Registrar, the Civil Registrar shall \u2014\n(a)\nrecord in the Civil Registrar\u2019s Civil Partnerships Register Book the\nparticulars contained in the notice and the date of receipt; and\n(b) transmit the caveat to the Registrar.\n(5) On receipt of a caveat, the Registrar shall forthwith \u2014\n(a)\nrecord in the Civil Partnerships Register the particulars contained in the\nnotice and the date of receipt; and\n(b) refer the caveat to a judge of the Grand Court.\n17.\nPowers of Judge regarding caveat\n17. Where a caveat has been referred to a judge, the following provisions have effect \u2014\n(a)\nif the judge is of the opinion that no legal ground has been disclosed in the\ncaveat for preventing the civil partnership, the judge may order the caveat\nto be removed without requiring any of the parties to appear;\n(b) the judge may cause a summons to be issued to the parties to the intended\ncivil partnership and the person by whom the caveat has been entered\nrequiring such person to show cause why the Registrar or a Civil\nRegistrar\u2019s certificate should not be issued;\n(c)\nthe judge may hear and determine every such matter in a summary way\nand shall either confirm the caveat or order it to be removed;\n(d) if the caveat is removed, the Registrar or where applicable the Civil\nRegistrar may issue the certificate referred to under section 9 and the civil\npartnership may proceed as if the caveat had not been entered, but the time\nthat has elapsed between the entry and removal of the caveat shall not be\ncomputed in the period of three months specified in section 11;\n(e)\nif it appears to the judge that the caveat has been entered on insufficient\ngrounds, the judge may order the person who entered the caveat to pay\ncompensation and costs to the parties to the intended civil partnership; and\n\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\nSection 18\n\nc\nLaw 35 of 2020\nPage 17\n\n(f)\nif the caveat is confirmed, the Registrar shall forthwith inform every Civil\nRegistrar and civil partnership officer.\nPART 6 - VOID AND VOIDABLE CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS\n18.\nGrounds on which a civil partnership is void\n18. A civil partnership shall be void on the following grounds\u2014\n(a)\nif it is not formalised by the Registrar, a Civil Registrar or a civil\npartnership officer;\n(b) if at the time it was entered into either party was under the age of sixteen;\n(c)\nif at the time it was entered into either party was already married, in a civil\npartnership or overseas relationship;\n(d) if at the time it was entered into the parties were within the prohibited\ndegrees of civil partnership, and no order under paragraph 4 of Schedule 1\nhad been obtained;\n(e)\nif both parties knowingly and wilfully acquiesced in the formalisation of\nthe civil partnership under a false name or names;\n(f)\nif both parties to the civil partnership (not being a civil partnership in\nextremis) knowingly and wilfully acquiesced in its formalisation without\nany notice given of the civil partnership (where such notice is required by\nthis Law) or without the authority of the Registrar\u2019s or a Civil Registrar\u2019s\ncertificate under section 9, a special licence under section 10 or a licence\nunder section 33 or 34;\n(g) if it is formalised as a civil partnership in extremis, and both parties\nknowingly and wilfully acquiesced in its being so formalised without\nfulfilment of the conditions specified by section 15; or\n(h) that either party to the civil partnership did not validly consent to it,\nwhether by consequence of fraud, duress, mistake, unsoundness of mind\nor otherwise.\n19.\nGrounds on which a civil partnership is voidable\n19. (1) A civil partnership is voidable on the following grounds only \u2014\n(a)\nif at the time it was entered into either party was or both parties were at\nleast sixteen years of age but under the age of eighteen years and did not\nreceive the consent required under section 4;\n(b) that at the time of the civil partnership either party, though capable of\ngiving a valid consent, was suffering (whether continuously or\nintermittently) from mental impairment or serious mental illness within the\n\nSection 20\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\n\nPage 18\nLaw 35 of 2020\nc\n\nmeaning of the Mental Health Law, 2013 of such a kind or to such an\nextent as to be unfit for civil partnership;\n(c)\nthat the petitioner was unaware that at the time of the civil partnership the\nrespondent was suffering from venereal disease in a communicable form;\nor\n(d) that the petitioner was unaware that at the time of the civil partnership the\nrespondent was pregnant by some person other than the petitioner.\n(2) In subsection (1)(c) and (d), \u201cpetitioner\u201d and \u201crespondent\u201d mean the parties to\nan application under the Matrimonial Causes Law (2005 Revision) as applied\nby section 42.\n20.\nEffect of defect in formalities or procedures\n20. (1) Save as provided in section 18, a defect in compliance with the formalities or\nprocedures required under this Law does not, in itself, render a civil partnership\nvoid.\n(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), nothing in this section exempts the Registrar, a\nCivil Registrar or a civil partnership officer who does anything contrary to the\nprovisions of this Law from any penalty for an offence under this Law.\nPART 7-REGISTRATION\n21.\nRegistration of civil partnerships\n21. (1) The Registrar shall keep at the office of the Registrar-General the Civil\nPartnerships Register in which shall be recorded \u2014\n(a)\nall civil partnerships entered into in the Islands; and\n(b) all civil partnerships recognised under this Law.\n(2) Immediately after a civil partnership has been formalised by the Registrar, the\nRegistrar shall issue to the parties a certificate of civil partnership which shall\nbe signed by \u2014\n(a)\nthe Registrar;\n(b) the parties to the civil partnership; and\n(c)\ntwo witnesses to the civil partnership,\nand the Registrar shall enter particulars of the civil partnership in the prescribed\nform in the Civil Partnerships Register.\n(3) Immediately after a civil partnership has been formalised by a civil partnership\nofficer, the civil partnership officer shall issue to the parties a certificate of civil\npartnership which shall be signed by \u2014\n(a)\nthe civil partnership officer;\n\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\nSection 21\n\nc\nLaw 35 of 2020\nPage 19\n\n(b) the parties to the civil partnership; and\n(c)\ntwo witnesses to the civil partnership.\n(4) A civil partnership officer shall, as soon as practicable, transmit to the Registrar\na duplicate of the certificate prepared under subsection (3) similarly signed, and\nthe duplicate certificate shall be filed by the Registrar and preserved among the\nrecords of the office of the Registrar-General, and the Registrar shall enter a true\ncopy thereof in the Civil Partnerships Register.\n(5) Immediately after a civil partnership has been formalised by a Civil Registrar,\nthe Civil Registrar shall issue to the parties a certificate of civil partnership\nwhich shall be signed by \u2014\n(a)\nthe Civil Registrar;\n(b) the parties to the civil partnership; and\n(c)\ntwo witnesses to the civil partnership,\nand the Civil Registrar shall enter particulars of the civil partnership in the\nprescribed form in the Civil Registrar\u2019s Civil Partnerships Register Book.\n(6) The Civil Partnerships Register Book shall be in the prescribed form and contain\nthe prescribed particulars.\n(7) After entering the particulars of the civil partnership in the Civil Registrar\u2019s\nCivil Partnerships Register Book, the Civil Registrar shall, as soon as\npracticable, transmit to the Registrar a duplicate of the certificate prepared under\nsubsection (5) similarly signed, and the duplicate certificate shall be filed by the\nRegistrar and preserved among the records of the office of the RegistrarGeneral, and the Registrar shall enter a true copy thereof in the Civil\nPartnerships Register.\n(8) In the case of a civil partnership formalised in extremis under section 15 \u2014\n(a)\nthe requirement as to the signing of the certificate by the parties to the civil\npartnership shall be waived so far as regards any party unable to sign;\n(b) the certificate shall be signed by \u2014\n(i)\nthe Registrar, the Civil Registrar or the civil partnership officer who\nformalised the civil partnership;\n(ii) any party to the civil partnership able to sign; and\n(iii) two witnesses to the civil partnership, one of whom shall be the\nmedical doctor referred to in section 15;\n(c)\nthe Registrar shall insert the words \u201cin extremis\u201d in the entry to be made\nin the Civil Partnerships Register; and\n(d) where applicable, the Civil Registrar shall insert the words \u201cin extremis\u201d\nin the entry to be made in the Civil Partnerships Register Book.\n\nSection 22\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\n\nPage 20\nLaw 35 of 2020\nc\n\n22.\nAccess to Civil Partnerships Register\n22. (1) The Registrar may, in accordance with this section \u2014\n(a)\nallow a person or organisation (\u201capplicant\u201d) that has an adequate reason\nfor wanting access to the Civil Partnerships Register access to the Register;\nor\n(b) provide a person or organisation (\u201capplicant\u201d) that has an adequate reason\nfor wanting information from the Civil Partnerships Register, with\ninformation extracted from the Register.\n(2) In deciding whether an applicant has an adequate reason for wanting access to\nthe Civil Partnerships Register, or information extracted from the Civil\nPartnerships Register, the Registrar shall have regard to \u2014\n(a)\nthe nature of the applicant\u2019s interest;\n(b) the sensitivity of the information;\n(c)\nthe use to be made of the information; and\n(d) any other prescribed factors.\n23.\nRegistrar may require information\n23. (1) The Registrar may, for the purpose of completing or rectifying the registration\nof any civil partnership, require any person \u2014\n(a)\nwho is required by this Law to give any notice or statement relating to the\ncivil partnership; or\n(b) who may reasonably be expected to have knowledge of the true facts\nrelating to the civil partnership,\nto make any written declaration or to give any information within the person\u2019s\nknowledge relating to the civil partnership, and to attend at the office of the\nRegistrar-General for the purpose of making the declaration or giving the\ninformation.\n(2) If the Registrar thinks fit, the Registrar may require any such declaration or\ninformation to be made or given on oath.\n24.\nAlterations and amendments to the register\n24. (1) No alteration in the Civil Partnerships Register shall be made except as\nauthorised by this section.\n(2) Any clerical error which may from time to time be discovered in the Civil\nPartnerships Register may be corrected by the Registrar or by any person\nauthorised by the Registrar in that behalf; and where any such correction is made\na note to that effect shall be inserted in the Civil Partnerships Register and shall\nbe signed by the Registrar.\n\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\nSection 25\n\nc\nLaw 35 of 2020\nPage 21\n\n(3) Any error of fact or substance in the Civil Partnerships Register may be\ncorrected by the Registrar in cases where the Registrar is satisfied as to the truth\nof the correction.\n(4) The correction shall be made by entry in the Civil Partnerships Register (without\nany alteration in the original entry) and a note to that effect shall be inserted in\nthe Civil Partnerships Register and shall be signed by the Registrar.\n(5) Where a person applies for the correction of an error of fact or substance, the\nRegistrar, if satisfied as to the truth of the correction, and upon payment of the\nprescribed fee, may make the correction in the manner set out in subsection (4)\nupon production to the Registrar by the applicant of a sworn declaration in\nwriting setting out \u2014\n(a)\nthe nature of the error; and\n(b) the true facts of the case,\nand made and signed by a person required to make any statement under the\nprovisions of this Law relating to the civil partnership to which the application\nrelates, or by any two persons having knowledge of the truth of the case.\n25.\nRectification\n25. (1) Where a civil partnership is formalised under this Law, which, without fault of\nthe parties to the civil partnership, has been omitted to be registered, or where\nthe register of civil partnership has been lost or destroyed, either of the parties,\nor in the case of a party\u2019s death, the issue or other lawful representative of such\nparty, may apply to a summary court for an order to have the civil partnership\ncorrectly registered.\n(2) A magistrate of the summary court shall require notice of the application under\nsubsection (1) to be given to such persons as the magistrate thinks necessary.\n(3) If the magistrate is satisfied, after hearing evidence as may be adduced, that the\ncivil partnership has been proved, the magistrate shall make an order to that\neffect, and shall certify the same to the Registrar who shall thereupon cause the\ncivil partnership to be specially registered (in duplicate) in accordance with the\nterms of the order, in books to be kept for the purpose among the records of the\noffice of the Registrar-General, with a note of such order and the date of the\norder.\nPART 8 - CIVIL PARTNERSHIP OFFICERS\n26.\nAppointment of civil partnership officers\n26. (1) A person may apply in writing to the Deputy Governor to be appointed as a civil\npartnership officer and shall give his or her full name, address and date of birth,\nand such other particulars as may be prescribed.\n\nSection 27\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\n\nPage 22\nLaw 35 of 2020\nc\n\n(2) The Deputy Governor may appoint a person as a civil partnership officer if the\nDeputy Governor, after consulting the Registrar, is satisfied \u2014\n(a)\nthat the person is of good character;\n(b) that the person is able to, and will, conscientiously perform the duties of a\ncivil partnership officer under this Law; and\n(c)\nthat the appointment is in the public interest.\n(3) The Registrar shall give notice in the Gazette, in any other official Government\nwebsite or official means of communication of the name of every person who is\nappointed as a civil partnership officer.\n(4) A person named in a notice given under subsection (3) is entitled to act as a civil\npartnership officer on and from the date specified in the notice until the person\u2019s\nappointment ceases under section 27.\n27.\nCeasing to be a civil partnership officer\n27. (1) A person ceases to be a civil partnership officer \u2014\n(a)\nin the case of a person who resigns, on the date on which the Registrar\nreceives the person\u2019s written notice of resignation; or\n(b) in the case of a person whose appointment is cancelled by the Deputy\nGovernor under this section, on the date referred to in subsection (5).\n(2) The Deputy Governor, after consulting the Registrar, may cancel a person\u2019s\nappointment as a civil partnership officer if the Deputy Governor is no longer\nsatisfied, with respect to the person, as to any of the matters set out in\nsection 26(2).\n(3) The Deputy Governor shall not cancel a person\u2019s appointment as a civil\npartnership officer without first \u2014\n(a)\ngiving the person notice that the Deputy Governor is considering\ncancelling the appointment;\n(b) giving the person a reasonable opportunity to make submissions on the\nproposed cancellation; and\n(c)\nconsidering any submissions made by the person within that time.\n(4) The Registrar shall give notice in writing to the person concerned of the Deputy\nGovernor\u2019s decision to cancel the person\u2019s appointment as a civil partnership\nofficer, and also of any decision not to proceed with a proposed cancellation.\n(5) If a person\u2019s appointment as a civil partnership officer is cancelled, the notice\nfrom the Registrar shall specify the date on which the cancellation takes effect,\nwhich must be a date not sooner than five days after the date on which the notice\nis sent.\n\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\nSection 28\n\nc\nLaw 35 of 2020\nPage 23\n\n28.\nPublication of list of civil partnership officers\n28. (1) The Registrar shall keep affixed in a conspicuous and accessible place on a\nnotice board in a public area in the office of the Registrar-General a list showing\nthe names of all civil partnership officers appointed under section 26.\n(2) The Registrar shall, at least once every year, publish a list in the Gazette, in any\nother official Government website or official means of communication of the\nnames of all current civil partnership officers, and this list may be combined\nwith any notice given under section 26(3).\n(3) The Registrar may at any time publish in the Gazette, in any other official\nGovernment website or official means of communication a list of the names of\npersons who have ceased to be civil partnership officers since the latest list\nunder this section was published.\nPART 9 \u2013 CIVIL REGISTRARS\n29.\nCivil Registrars\n29. (1) The Governor shall, from time to time, appoint and remove at pleasure such\npersons as the Governor thinks fit to be Civil Registrars for the purposes of this\nLaw.\n(2) Appointments and removals of, and any resignation or vacation of office by\nCivil Registrars shall be published in the Gazette, in any other official\nGovernment website or official means of communication, and shall take effect\nfrom the date of publication.\n(3) A Civil Registrar shall have an office for the purpose of carrying out duties and\nfunctions under this Law and the Civil Registrar shall publish the location of\nsuch office.\n30.\nDeputies to Civil Registrars\n30. (1) A Civil Registrar shall, subject to the approval of the Governor, appoint in\nwriting a fit person to act as the Civil Registrar\u2019s deputy in case of illness or\nabsence of the Civil Registrar.\n(2) A deputy Civil Registrar shall hold office during the pleasure of the Civil\nRegistrar by whom the deputy is appointed, but shall be removable from office\nby the Governor.\n(3) A deputy Civil Registrar, while so acting, shall have all the powers and duties\nand be subject to all the penalties in this Law relating to Civil Registrars.\n(4) A Civil Registrar shall be civilly responsible for the acts and omissions of the\ndeputy appointed by the Civil Registrar.\n\nSection 31\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\n\nPage 24\nLaw 35 of 2020\nc\n\n(5) In the event of the incapacity or absence of the deputy, the Governor shall\nappoint a fit person to act as Civil Registrar until the person holding the\nappointment of Civil Registrar resumes the duties of office or until a new\nappointment to the office of Civil Registrar is made.\n(6) If a Civil Registrar dies or otherwise ceases to hold office, the Civil Registrar\u2019s\ndeputy shall act as Civil Registrar in Civil Registrar\u2019s place until the\nappointment of another Civil Registrar is made by the Governor.\nPART 10-PROTECTION FOR MARRIAGE OFFICERS\n31.\nProvision in respect of marriage officers\n31. (1) A person granted a licence as a marriage officer under the Marriage Law (2010\nRevision) is not authorised to formalise a civil partnership unless the person is\nalso appointed as a Civil Registrar or a civil partnership officer under this Law.\n(2) No person may compel a marriage officer appointed under the Marriage Law\n(2010 Revision) to permit the use of any place of worship under the control of\nthe marriage officer for the formalisation of a civil partnership.\nPART 11 - MARITIME CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS\n32.\nMaritime civil partnerships: interpretation\n32. In sections 33 to 37 \u2014\n\u201cCayman Islands ship\u201d has the meaning given in section 2 of the Merchant\nShipping Law (2016 Revision);\n\u201chigh seas\u201d means all parts of the sea that are not included in the territorial sea\nor the internal waters of a state or territory;\n\u201cmaster\u201d includes every person (except a pilot) having command or charge of\nany ship; and\n\u201cRegistrar of Shipping\u201d means the Registrar of Shipping appointed under\nsection 10 of the Maritime Authority Law (2013 Revision).\n33.\nMaritime civil partnerships: civil partnership officers\n33. (1) The Deputy Governor may grant a licence to the master of a Cayman Islands\nship to be a civil partnership officer for the purposes of this Law.\n(2) An application for the grant to a master of a Cayman Islands ship of a licence to\nbe a civil partnership officer shall be made in writing to the Deputy Governor\nand shall state the full name of the applicant, the applicant\u2019s address and date of\nbirth, and shall contain such other particulars as may be prescribed.\n\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\nSection 34\n\nc\nLaw 35 of 2020\nPage 25\n\n(3) An application under subsection (2) shall be forwarded to the Registrar of\nShipping accompanied by a certificate of the applicant\u2019s qualifications to be a\nmaster of a Cayman Islands ship and a letter of the applicant\u2019s appointment to\nserve on board a Cayman Islands ship.\n(4) The Registrar of Shipping, on being satisfied that the application contains\nsufficient information to enable the application to be considered by the Deputy\nGovernor, shall forward the application to the Registrar with the\nrecommendation of the Registrar of Shipping on the application.\n(5) Every licence granted by the Deputy Governor under this section shall have\neffect as from such date and shall be valid for such period as may be specified\nin the licence, and may, by the terms of the licence, limit to any particular\nCayman Islands ship or ships, the functions of the master so licensed.\n(6) A licence granted by the Deputy Governor under this section shall be in the\nprescribed form.\n(7) The Registrar shall publish a notice in the Gazette, in any other official\nGovernment website or official means of communication as soon as practicable\nafter the grant of a licence under this section.\n(8) The Deputy Governor may, at any time and without assigning any reason,\nrevoke a licence granted by the Deputy Governor under this section.\n(9) A civil partnership officer may, at any time by notice in writing to the Deputy\nGovernor, surrender his or her licence.\n(10) The Registrar shall give notice in the Gazette, in any other official Government\nwebsite or official means of communication of every revocation of a licence\nunder subsection (8) or surrender of a licence under subsection (9).\n34.\nMaritime civil partnerships: provisional civil partnership officers\n34. (1) The Deputy Governor may grant a licence to a person who is the second in\ncommand to the master of a Cayman Islands ship to be a provisional civil\npartnership officer for the purposes of this Law.\n(2) The making of an application for a licence under subsection (1) and the way the\napplication is dealt with shall be the same as an application for a licence under\nsection 33(2) to (4).\n(3) Section 33(5) to (10) shall apply, with necessary modifications, to a licence\ngranted under subsection (1).\n(4) Notwithstanding subsections (2) and (3), a licence granted under subsection (1)\nshall be granted subject to the condition that the licensee shall formalise a civil\npartnership only if the licensee is, at the time scheduled for the formalisation of\nthe civil partnership, the master of a Cayman Islands ship; and the licensee shall\nbe deemed to be a civil partnership officer for that purpose.\n\nSection 35\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\n\nPage 26\nLaw 35 of 2020\nc\n\n35.\nMaritime civil partnerships: register of civil partnership officers\n35. The Registrar shall keep affixed in a conspicuous and accessible place on a notice\nboard in a public area in the office of the Registrar-General a list showing the names\nof all civil partnership officers licensed under section 33 and the names of the\nCayman Islands ships on which they are serving.\n36.\nMaritime civil partnerships: general provisions\n36. (1) Subject to the requirements of this Law relating to notice of civil partnership\nand the issue of the Registrar\u2019s or a Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate, a civil\npartnership may be formalised before a civil partnership officer on the high seas\nunder the authority of the Registrar\u2019s or a Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate .\n(2) A civil partnership may be formalised before a civil partnership officer on the\nhigh seas without notice of civil partnership or the issue of the Registrar\u2019s or a\nCivil Registrar\u2019s certificate under the authority of a special licence.\n(3) A civil partnership in extremis may be formalised on the high seas by a civil\npartnership officer in accordance with section 15.\n(4) A civil partnership formalised in the manner provided in this Law on board\nCayman Islands ships on the high seas before a civil partnership officer shall be\nas valid in law as if it had been formalised in the Islands.\n(5) In this section, \u201ccivil partnership officer\u201d means one granted a licence under\nsection 33 or 34.\n37.\nMaritime civil partnerships: notices and register\n37. (1) The Registrar shall indicate on any notice published in relation to a maritime\ncivil partnership that it relates to a maritime civil partnership.\n(2) The Civil Partnerships Register shall contain a separate part for the registration\nof maritime civil partnerships.\nPART 12 - OVERSEAS RELATIONSHIPS TREATED AS CIVIL\nPARTNERSHIPS\n38.\nMeaning of \u201coverseas relationships\u201d\n38. For the purposes of this Law, \u201coverseas relationship\u201d means a relationship which\nis \u2014\n(a)\neither a specified relationship or a relationship which meets the general\nconditions in section 39(4); and\n(b) registered (whether before or after the commencement date) with a\nresponsible authority in a country or territory outside the Islands in\n\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\nSection 39\n\nc\nLaw 35 of 2020\nPage 27\n\naccordance with the relevant law, by two persons neither of whom is\nalready in a civil partnership or lawfully married,\nbut does not include marriage contracted between parties who are respectively male\nand female.\n39.\nSpecified relationships and the general conditions\n39. (1) \u201cSpecified relationship\u201d means one of the relationships listed by reference to\nthe respective overseas jurisdictions listed in Schedule 2.\n(2) The Governor may by Order amend Schedule 2.\n(3) No Order shall be made under subsection (2) to add an overseas relationship to\nthe list in Schedule 2 unless the Governor is satisfied that the overseas\nrelationship is established or recognised under the relevant law and the relevant\nlaw meets the general conditions.\n(4) The \u201cgeneral conditions\u201d referred to in subsection (3) are that the relevant\nlaw \u2014\n(a)\nprohibits a person from entering into the relationship if either party is\nalready a party to a similar relationship or married, and requires that during\nthe relationship the parties may not enter into another similar relationship\nor marry anyone else;\n(b) requires that the parties explicitly consent to entering into the relationship;\n(c)\nprovides that the relationship ends only \u2014\n(i)\non the death of a party; or\n(ii) by a judicial or other process that would be recognised under the law\nof the Islands as a dissolution or an annulment; and\n(d) does not permit or recognise the relationship if the parties are related as \u2014\n(i)\nparent and child (including an adopted child);\n(ii) siblings or half-siblings; or\n(iii) grandparent and grandchild.\n40.\nOverseas relationships treated as civil partnerships\n40. (1) Two persons are to be treated as having entered into a civil partnership as a\nresult of having registered an overseas relationship under the relevant law if,\nunder that law, they \u2014\n(a)\nhad capacity to enter into the relationship; and\n(b) met all requirements necessary to ensure the formal validity of the\nrelationship.\n(2) Subject to subsection (3), the date on which the parties are to be treated as\nhaving entered into the civil partnership is \u2014\n\nSection 41\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\n\nPage 28\nLaw 35 of 2020\nc\n\n(a)\nthe date on which the overseas relationship is registered (under the relevant\nlaw) as having been entered into; or\n(b) if later, the date on which both parties have attained the age of eighteen\nyears.\n(3) Subject to subsection (4), if the overseas relationship is registered under the\nrelevant law as having been entered into before the commencement date, then,\nfrom the commencement date, the parties are to be treated as having entered into\na civil partnership \u2014\n(a)\non the date on which the overseas relationship was registered under the\nrelevant law as having been entered into; or\n(b) if later, the date on which both parties have attained the age of eighteen\nyears.\n(4) Subsection (3) does not apply if a dissolution or an annulment of the overseas\nrelationship was obtained outside the Islands which would be recognised in the\nIslands had the overseas relationship been treated as a civil partnership at the\ntime of the dissolution or the annulment.\n(5) The Governor may by regulations make such further provision as it considers\nnecessary with respect to the treating of overseas relationships as civil\npartnerships in the Islands.\n41.\nPublic policy exception\n41. Two persons are not to be treated as having entered into a civil partnership as a result\nof having entered into an overseas relationship if it would be manifestly contrary to\npublic policy to recognise the capacity, under the relevant law, of one or both of them\nto enter into that relationship.\nPART 13 - BREAKDOWN, DISSOLUTION AND FINANCIAL\nRELIEF\n42.\nApplication of the Matrimonial Causes Law (2005 Revision) and the\nMaintenance Law (1996 Revision)\n42. The Matrimonial Causes Law (2005 Revision), the Maintenance Law (1996 Revision)\nand the rules and regulations made under those Laws shall apply with necessary\nchanges to proceedings brought in respect of the breakdown, dissolution and nullity\nof civil partnerships and related financial relief in such proceedings, as they apply in\nrespect of matrimonial proceedings.\n\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\nSection 43\n\nc\nLaw 35 of 2020\nPage 29\n\nPART 14 - OFFENCES IN CONNECTION WITH CIVIL\nPARTNERSHIPS\n43.\nOffences\n43. (1) A person commits an offence if the person \u2014\n(a)\nknowingly and wilfully purports to formalise a civil partnership without\nbeing the Registrar, a Civil Registrar or a civil partnership officer;\n(b) being the Registrar, a Civil Registrar or a civil partnership officer,\nformalises a civil partnership \u2014\n(i)\nknowing that the civil partnership is void on any ground; or\n(ii) knowing that it is an irregular civil partnership; or\n(iii) accepts or publishes a notice, or issues a certificate of civil\npartnership, in respect of any intended civil partnership knowing that\nthe civil partnership would be void or irregular;\n(c)\nis a party to a civil partnership, knowing that the civil partnership is void\non any ground and that the other party believes it to be valid;\n(d) personates any other person in a civil partnership or enters into a civil\npartnership under a false name or description, with intent to deceive the\nother party to the civil partnership;\n(e)\nin any declaration, notice, statement, certificate, entry, licence or\ndocument required by any of the provisions of this Law to be made, given\nor issued for the purposes of a civil partnership, declares, states, certifies\nor enters any material matter or thing which the person knows to be false;\nor\n(f)\nattempts or aids or abets the commission of an offence under any of the\npreceding paragraphs,\nand is liable on conviction on indictment to a term of imprisonment of four\nyears.\n(2) Without prejudice to the effect of subsection (1)(c) or (d), a person commits an\noffence if the person \u2014\n(a)\nis a party to a civil partnership knowing that it is void on any ground or\nknowing that it is an irregular civil partnership;\n(b) enters into a civil partnership under a false name or description; or\n(c)\nattempts or aids or abets the commission of an offence under either of the\npreceding paragraphs,\nand is liable on conviction on indictment to fine of ten thousand dollars, a term\nof imprisonment of two years, or to both.\n\nSection 44\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\n\nPage 30\nLaw 35 of 2020\nc\n\n(3) A person commits an offence if the person attempts to prevent a civil partnership\nby pretending that there is any legal impediment to the civil partnership knowing\nthat the pretence is false, or having no reason to believe that it is true, and is\nliable on conviction on indictment to fine of ten thousand dollars, a term of\nimprisonment of two years, or both.\n(4) A civil partnership officer or a Civil Registrar who, without reasonable cause or\nexcuse, fails within seven days after the formalisation of any civil partnership\nto transmit to the Registrar a duplicate certificate in accordance with section 21\ncommits an offence, and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of five\nthousand dollars.\n(5) For the purpose of this section, \u201cirregular civil partnership\u201d means a civil\npartnership (other than a void civil partnership or a civil partnership in extremis)\nformalised \u2014\n(a)\nwithout any notice given of the civil partnership as required by this Law;\n(b) without the authority \u2014\n(i)\nof the Registrar\u2019s or a Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate issued under\nsection 9; or\n(ii) of a special licence granted by the Governor under section 10; or\n(iii) of a licence granted by the Deputy Governor under section 33 or 34;\n(c)\nafter the expiration of three months from the date of the issue of the\nRegistrar\u2019s or a Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate or from the date of the grant\nof a licence or special licence; or\n(d) before the removal of a caveat entered against the issue of the Registrar\u2019s\nor a Civil Registrar\u2019s certificate.\n(6) A prosecution under this section shall not be instituted without the written\nconsent of the Director of Public Prosecutions.\nPART 15 - MISCELLANEOUS\n44.\nEvidence of civil partnership by means of Register\n44. Every entry in the Civil Partnerships Register and every copy of any such entry\npurporting to be certified as a true copy under the hand and seal of the Registrar, shall\nbe received in all courts and in all proceedings as evidence of the civil partnership to\nwhich the entry relates.\n\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\nSection 45\n\nc\nLaw 35 of 2020\nPage 31\n\n45.\nInformation may be recorded in electronic form\n45. The information contained in any register, book or other document required to be kept\nby the Registrar under this Law may be recorded and kept by the Registrar in\nelectronic form or such other form as the Registrar thinks fit, provided that it is\npossible to inspect the information and to produce a copy of it in legible form.\n46.\nUse of foreign language\n46. Where any party to a civil partnership is not conversant with the English language,\nthen the statements and declarations required by this Law to be used in the\nformalisation of the civil partnership shall, so far as they affect or are to be used by\nthat party, be made in the language which that party commonly uses.\n47.\nAnnual report\n47. The Registrar shall within ninety days after the expiration of every calendar year,\ncompile for publication in such form and manner as the Deputy Governor may\napprove, a summary of the civil partnerships registered under this Law during that\nyear.\nPART 16 - CONSEQUENTIAL AND RELATED AMENDMENTS\n48.\nApplication by reference of enactments relating to marriage etc.\n48. (1) Until all necessary legislation is enacted to provide amendments consequential\nupon the enactment of this Law, in any legislation, whether passed before or\nafter the commencement date, the words and expressions listed in the first\ncolumn of the table below shall, in each place be read as the corresponding word\nor expression in the second column unless the enactment is specifically\namended.\n(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the Marriage Law (2010 Revision) but a\nreference in any legislation to the Marriage Law (2010 Revision) shall be read\nas including a reference to this Law.\n\nTABLE\nconjugal\npertaining to civil partnership\ndissolution (of marriage)\ndissolution (of civil partnership)\ndivorce\ndissolution\ndivorced\nformer civil partner where civil\npartnership dissolved\n\nSection 48\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\n\nPage 32\nLaw 35 of 2020\nc\n\nconjugal\npertaining to civil partnership\nformer spouse\nformer civil partner where civil\npartnership\ndissolved\nor\nannulled\nhusband\ncivil partner\nhusband and wife\nthe parties to a civil partnership\nmarital\npertaining to civil partnership\nmarriage\ncivil partnership\nmarried\nparty to a civil partnership\nmarry\nenter into a civil partnership\nmatrimonial\ncivil partnership\nnext of kin\nincludes civil partner\nrelative\nincludes civil partner\nremarriage\nentering into a subsequent civil\npartnership or marriage\nremarry\nentering into a subsequent civil\npartnership or marriage\nseparated (of spouses)\nseparated (of civil partners)\nspouse\ncivil partner\nwidow or widower\nsurviving civil partner.\nwife\ncivil partner\n\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\nSection 49\n\nc\nLaw 35 of 2020\nPage 33\n\nPART 17 - PROVISIONS RELATING TO CERTAIN MARRIAGES\n49.\nSaving for certain same sex marriages\n49. (1) Notwithstanding section 40, nothing in this Law prevents the recognition in the\nIslands of a marriage lawfully entered into and registered in an overseas\njurisdiction under the relevant law of that jurisdiction before the commencement\ndate by two persons of the same sex if \u2014\n(a)\nboth parties met all requirements necessary to ensure the formal validity\nof the marriage under the relevant law; and\n(b) at the time of the marriage each party was domiciled in the Islands or had\ncapacity to enter into the marriage under the place of his or her domicile,\nprovided that both parties were eighteen years of age or older at the time of the\nmarriage.\n(2) In relation to a marriage falling within subsection (1), any reference in any\nenactment to marriage, the parties to marriage or the dissolution of marriage\nshall be read with the necessary modifications.\n(3) No action shall lie against any person for any act or omission before the\ncommencement date relating to any failure to recognise a marriage falling\nwithin subsection (1).\nPART 18 - FINAL PROVISIONS\n50.\nGovernor\u2019s regulations\n50. The Governor, after consultation with the Premier, may make regulations \u2014\n(a)\nfor the purpose of prescribing forms and fees; and\n(b) generally for the purpose of giving effect to this Law.\n51.\nDelegation of powers of the Governor and Deputy Governor\n51. (1) The Governor may, either generally or as otherwise provided by the instrument\nof delegation, by writing signed by the Governor, delegate to the Deputy\nGovernor any of the Governor\u2019s powers or duties under this Law, other than \u2014\n(a)\nthis power of delegation; and\n(b) the power to appoint persons under this Law.\n(2) The Deputy Governor may, either generally or as otherwise provided by the\ninstrument of delegation, by writing signed by the Deputy Governor, delegate\nto a public officer any of the Deputy Governor\u2019s powers or duties under this\nLaw, other than \u2014\n(a)\nthis power of delegation; and\n\nSection 52\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\n\nPage 34\nLaw 35 of 2020\nc\n\n(b) the power to appoint persons under this Law.\n52.\nLaw binding on Crown\n52. This Law binds the Crown.\n\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\nSCHEDULE 1\n\nc\nLaw 35 of 2020\nPage 35\n\n SCHEDULE 1\n(Section 6)\nPROHIBITED DEGREES OF CIVIL PARTNERSHIP\n1.\nA person may not enter into a civil partnership with the person\u2019s \u2014\n\n(a)\ngrandparent; parent; child; grandchild; sibling;\n(b)\nparent\u2019s sibling; sibling\u2019s child;\n(c)\ngrandparent\u2019s former spouse or civil partner; parent\u2019s former spouse\nor civil partner; spouse\u2019s or civil partner\u2019s grandparent; spouse\u2019s or\ncivil partner\u2019s parent;\n(d)\nspouse\u2019s or civil partner\u2019s child; spouse\u2019s or civil partner\u2019s\ngrandchild; child\u2019s former spouse or civil partner;\n(e)\ngrandchild\u2019s former spouse or civil partner.\n(f)\ngrandparent; parent; child; grandchild; sibling;\n(g)\nparent\u2019s sibling; sibling\u2019s child;\n(h)\ngrandparent\u2019s former spouse or civil partner; parent\u2019s former spouse\nor civil partner; spouse\u2019s or civil partner\u2019s grandparent; spouse\u2019s or\ncivil partner\u2019s parent;\n(i)\nspouse\u2019s or civil partner\u2019s child; spouse\u2019s or civil partner\u2019s\ngrandchild; child\u2019s former spouse or civil partner;\n(j)\ngrandchild\u2019s former spouse or civil partner.\n(k)\ngrandparent; parent; child; grandchild; sibling;\n(l)\nparent\u2019s sibling; sibling\u2019s child;\n(m)\ngrandparent\u2019s former spouse or civil partner; parent\u2019s former\nspouse or civil partner; spouse\u2019s or civil partner\u2019s grandparent;\nspouse\u2019s or civil partner\u2019s parent;\n(n)\nspouse\u2019s or civil partner\u2019s child; spouse\u2019s or civil partner\u2019s\ngrandchild; child\u2019s former spouse or civil partner;\n(o)\ngrandchild\u2019s former spouse or civil partner.\n\n2.\nThe prohibited degrees of civil partnership apply whether the relationships described\nin paragraph 1 are by the whole blood or by the half blood.\n\nSCHEDULE 1\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\n\nPage 36\nLaw 35 of 2020\nc\n\n3.\nIn this Schedule, \u201cspouse\u201d and \u201ccivil partner\u201d include a former spouse or former\ncivil partner, whether alive or deceased, and whether the marriage or civil partnership\nwas terminated by death, dissolution, or otherwise.\n4.\n(1) Two persons who are within the prohibited degrees of affinity, but who are not\nwithin the prohibited degrees of consanguinity, may apply to the Grand Court\nfor an order under this paragraph.\n(2) On an application under subparagraph (1), the Grand Court may make an order\ndisapplying section 6(1) as it applies to the applicants.\n(3) The Clerk of the Court shall send a copy of the order to the Registrar.\n5.\nThe Governor may, by Order, amend this Schedule and make such transitional or\nfurther provision as it considers necessary in consequence.\n\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\nSCHEDULE 2\n\nc\nLaw 35 of 2020\nPage 37\n\n SCHEDULE 2\n(Section 39)\nSPECIFIED RELATIONSHIPS\nList of specified relationships for purposes of section 39\nCountry or territory\nDescription\nAndorra\nuni\u00f3n estable de parella or partnership\ndomestic\nArgentina\nmarriage\nArgentina: Autonomous City of Buenos\nAires\nuni\u00f3n domestic\nAustralia: Australian Capital Territory\ncivil partnership\nAustralia: New South Wales\nregistered relationship registered\nAustralia: Queensland\ncivil partnership\nAustralia: Tasmania\nsignificant relationship\nAustralia: Victoria\nregistered civil relationship\nAustria\neingetragene Partnerschaft\nBelgium\ncohabitation l\u00e9gale, wettelijke\nsamenwoning or gesetzliches\nzusammenwohnen\nBelgium\nmarriage\nBrazil\nmarriage\nBrazil\nuni\u00e3o est\u00e1vel or casamento civil\nhomoafetivo\nCanada\nmarriage\nCanada: Manitoba\ncommon-law relationship or union de fait\nCanada: Nova Scotia\ncivil partnership\nCanada: Quebec\nunion civile or civil union\nColombia\nuni\u00f3n marital de hecho\nCzech Republic\nregistrovan\u00e9 partnertsv\u00ed\nDenmark\nmarriage\nDenmark\nregistreret partnerskab\nEcuador\nuni\u00f3n civil\nFinland\nrekister\u00f6ity parisuhde or registrerad\npartnerskap\nFrance\npacte civil de solidarit\u00e9\nGermany\ngleichgeschlechtliche Ehe\nGermany\neingetragene lebenspartnerschaft\nGibraltar\ncivil partnership\n\nSCHEDULE 2\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\n\nPage 38\nLaw 35 of 2020\nc\n\nCountry or territory\nDescription\nGreenland\nnalunaarsukkamik inooqatigiinneq or\nregistreret partnerskab\nHungary\nbejegyzett \u00e9lett\u00e1rsi kapcsolat\nIceland\nmarriage\nIceland\nsta\u00f0festa samvist\nIreland\nmarriage\nIreland\ncivil partnership\nIsle of Man\ncivil partnership\nJersey\ncivil partnership\nLiechtenstein\neingetragene partnerschaft\nLuxembourg\npartenariat l\u00e9gal or eingetragene\npartnerschaft\nMalta\n\u017bwie\u0121 bejn l-istess sess\nMalta\nunjoni \u010bivili\nMexico: Coahuila\npacto civil de solidaridad\nMexico: Mexico City Federal District\nmarriage\nMexico: Mexico City Federal District\nsociedad de convivencia\nNetherlands\ngeregistreerd partnerschap\nNetherlands\nmarriage\nNew Zealand\ncivil union\nNorway\nmarriage\nNorway\nregistrert partnerskap\nPortugal\nmarriage or uni\u00e3o de facto\nSlovenia\nzakon o registraciji istospolne partnerske\npartnerske skupnosti\nSouth Africa\nmarriage\nSouth Africa\ncivil partnership\nSpain\nmarriage or pareja de hecho\nSweden\nmarriage\nSwitzerland\neingetragene partnerschaft, partenariat\nenregistr\u00e9 or partnershipe domestica\nregistrata\nUnited Kingdom: England & Wales\nmarriage\nmarriage\nUnited Kingdom: England & Wales\ncivil partnership\nUnited Kingdom: Northern Ireland\ncivil partnership\nUnited Kingdom: Scotland\nmarriage\nUnited Kingdom: Scotland\ncivil partnership\nUnited States of America (including the\nunincorporated territories of Guam, the\nmarriage\n\nCivil Partnership Law, 2020\nSCHEDULE 2\n\nc\nLaw 35 of 2020\nPage 39\n\nCountry or territory\nDescription\nNorthern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico\nand the United States Virgin 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