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Marriage and Family Life
- English1. Subject to subsections (4), (5) and (7), no law shall make any provision that is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect.
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3. In this section, 'discriminatory" means affording different treatment to different persons attributable wholly or mainly to their respective descriptions by race, caste, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed or sex whereby persons of one such description are subjected to disabilities or restrictions to which persons of another such description are not made subject or are accorded privileges or advantages that are not accorded to persons of another such description.
4. Subsection (1) shall not apply to any law so far as that law makes provision
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c. for the application, in the case of persons of any such description as is mentioned in subsection (3) (or of persons connected with such persons), of the law with respect to adoption, marriage, divorce, burial, devolution of property on death or other like matters that is the personal law applicable to persons of that description.
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe Law determines the fundamental principles:
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- of the protection of the family;
… (Art. 100) - FrenchLa loi détermine les principes fondamentaux :
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- de la protection de la famille ;
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Marriage and Family Life
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The Parliament legislates within the domains attributed to it by the Constitution, as well as the following domains:
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2.the general rules concerning personal status and to family law; and notably to marriage, to divorce, to filiation, to capacity and to inheritance;
… (Art. 139) - Arabic
يُشرّع البرلمان في الميادين الّتي يخصّصه له الدّستور، وكذلك في المجالات الآتية:
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2. القـواعد العامة المتعلّقة بالأحوال الشّخصيّة والأسرة ، لا سيما منها الزّواج والطّلاق والنسب والأهلية والتّركات،
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Le Parlement légifère dans les domaines que lui attribue la Constitution, ainsi que dans les domaines suivants:
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2)- les règles générales relatives au statut personnel et au droit de la famille ; notamment au mariage, au divorce, à la filiation, à la capacité et aux successions;
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Marriage and Family Life
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Forced marriage is a violation of individual liberty. It is forbidden and punished within the conditions established by the law. (Art. 18)
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Le mariage forcé est une violation de la liberté individuelle. Elle est interdite et punie dans les conditions fixées par la loi. (Art. 18)
Marriage and Family Life
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4. The law shall make provisions for special protection with respect to the work of minors, of the disabled and of women during and after their pregnancy.
5. The law shall guarantee to women working conditions that will allow them the exercise of their maternal and family function. (Art. 63) - Portuguese...
4. A lei estabelece especial protecção ao trabalho de menores, de portadores de deficiência e de mulheres durante a gravidez e pós-parto.
5. A lei garante à mulher condições de trabalho que facilitem o exercício da sua função maternal e familiar. (Art. 63)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe exclusive executive and legislative powers of a state shall be as follows:
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16. Registration of marriage, divorce, inheritance, birth, death, adoption and affiliations;
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe State has the obligation to assist the family in its mission as guardian of the morality and of the values compatible with the republican order.
The rights of the mother and of the child are guaranteed. (Art. 37) - FrenchL’Etat a l’obligation d’assister la famille dans sa mission de gardienne de la morale et des valeurs compatibles avec l’ordre républicain.
Les droits de la mère et de l’enfant sont garantis. (Art. 37)
Marriage and Family Life
- English1. The judicial power of Uganda shall be exercised by the courts of judicature which shall consist of-
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d. such subordinate courts as Parliament may by law establish, including qadhis courts for marriage, divorce, inheritance of property and guardianship, as may be prescribed by Parliament.
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Marriage and Family Life
- English1. Every citizen enjoys the following rights and freedoms:
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c) To equality before the law. The woman, whatever her civil status may be, has equal rights and opportunities as the man in all the orders of public, private, and family life, [and] in civil, political, economic, social, and cultural [life].
… (Art. 13) - Spanish1. Todo ciudadano goza de los siguientes derechos y libertades:
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c) A la igualdad ante la ley. La mujer, cualquiera que sea su estado civil, tiene iguales derechos y oportunidades que el hombre en todos los órdenes de la vida pública, privada y familiar, en lo civil, político, económico, social y cultural.
… (Art. 13) - French1. Tout citoyen jouit des droits et libertés qui suivent:
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c) L'égalité devant la loi. La femme, quel que soit son état civil, a les mêmes droits et possibilités que l'homme dans tous les domaines de la vie publique, privée et familiale, que ce soit sur le plan civil, politique, économique, social ou culturel.
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Marriage and Family Life
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Outside of the cases expressly provided for by the Constitution, the law establishes the rules concerning:
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- … the state and the capacity of persons, the matrimonial regimes, inheritance and gifts,
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En dehors des cas expressément prévus par la Constitution, la loi fixe les règles concernant:
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- … l’état et la capacité des personnes, les régimes matrimoniaux, les successions et les libéralités,
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