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(2) Subject to the provisions of subsection (5), no law shall make any provision which is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect.
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(4) In this section, the expression "discrimination" means affording different treatment to different persons attributable wholly or mainly to their respective descriptions by race, colour, gender, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status 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 which are not accorded to persons of another such description.
(5) Subsection (2) shall not apply to any law in so far as that law makes provision—
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(c) with respect to adoption, marriage, divorce, burial, devolution of property on death or other matters of personal law;
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Marriage and Family Life
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3. Public authorities shall ensure special health care to children, pregnant women, handicapped people and persons of advanced age.
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3. Władze publiczne są obowiązane do zapewnienia szczególnej opieki zdrowotnej dzieciom, kobietom ciężarnym, osobom niepełnosprawnym i osobom w podeszłym wieku.
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishI. The following are the areas of prerogative authority of the central level of the State:
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21. Substantive and procedural codification in civil, family, criminal, tax, labor, commercial, mining and electoral matters.
… (Art. 298) - SpanishI. Son competencias privativas del nivel central del Estado:
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21. Codificación sustantiva y adjetiva en materia civil, familiar, penal, tributaria, laboral, comercial, minería y electoral.
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Marriage and Family Life
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The community and the State especially protect the child, the adolescent, the mother and the older person in [a] situation of abandonment. They also protect the family and promote matrimony. These latter are recognized as natural and fundamental institutions of society.
The form of matrimony and the causes of separation and of dissolution are regulated by the law. (Art. 4) - Spanish
La comunidad y el Estado protegen especialmente al niño, al adolescente, a la madre y al anciano en situación de abandono. También protegen a la familia y promueven el matrimonio. Reconocen a estos últimos como institutos naturales y fundamentales de la sociedad.
La forma del matrimonio y las causas de separación y de disolución son reguladas por la ley. (Art. 4)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishWithin its territorial jurisdiction and subject to the provisions of this Constitution and national laws, the organic act of autonomous regions shall provide for legislative powers over:
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(4) Personal, family, and property relations;
… (Art. X, Sec. 20) - FilipinoAng batayang batas ng mga rehiyong awtonomus, sa loob ng hurisdiksyong teritoryal nito at sa ilalim ng mga tadhana ng Konstitusyong ito at ng mga batas pambansa, ay dapat magtadhana ng mga kapangyarihang tagapagbatas sa:
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(4) Mga ugnayang personal, pampamilya at pang-ari-arian;
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishLesotho shall adopt policies designed to provide that—
a. protection and assistance is given to all children and young persons without any discrimination for reasons of parentage or other conditions;
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishParents shall have the right and duty to support, provide upbringing and education to their children in which they shall be equal.
All or individual rights may be revoked from one or both parents only by the ruling of the court if this is in the best interests of the child, in accordance with the law. (Art. 65) - Serbian CyrillicРодитељи имају право и дужност да издржавају, васпитавају и образују своју децу, и у томе су равноправни.
Сва или поједина права могу једном или обома родитељима бити одузета или ограничена само одлуком суда, ако је то у најбољем интересу детета, у складу са законом. (Члан 65)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishMarriage is the essential basis of the family and rests on the equality of rights of the spouses. (Art. 52)
- SpanishEl matrimonio es la base esencial de la familia y descansa en la igualdad de derechos de los cónyuges. (Art. 52)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishIt is the duty of the State to indicate the conditions for work, remuneration and rest to which employees are entitled, especially by:
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b. Supplying special protection on the job for women before and after pregnancy, ... (Art. 29) - DutchHet is de plicht van de Staat om de voorwaarden voor werk, beloning en rust, waartoe de werknemers gerechtigd zijn aan te geven, in het bijzonder door:
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b. bijzondere bescherming te verlenen op het werk voor vrouwen tijdens en na de zwangerschap, ... (Art. 29)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishA mother and a child shall be entitled to special care and protection by the state.
Parents are responsible for the upbringing and education of children, and adult and able-bodied children are responsible for the care and social welfare of their parents. … (Art. 34) - RussianМать и ребенок находятся под особой защитой и покровительством государства.
Родители ответственны за воспитание и обучение детей, а совершеннолетние и трудоспособные дети ответственны за уход и социальное обеспечение своих родителей. ...(Статья 34) - TajikМодару кӯдак таҳти ҳимоя ва ғамхории махсуси давлатанд.
Падару модар барои таълиму тарбияи фарзандон ва фарзандони болиљу ѕобили меінат барои нигоіубин ва таъминоти иїтимоии падару модар масъул мебошанд. … (Моддаи 34)