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Marriage and Family Life
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(1) The mother and the child shall enjoy special assistance and protection. All the children, including those born out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.
… (Art. 50) - Moldovian
(1) Mama şi copilul au dreptul la ajutor şi ocrotire specială. Toţi copiii, inclusiv cei născuţi în afara căsătoriei, se bucură de aceeaşi ocrotire socială.
… (Art. 50)
Marriage and Family Life
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4. All levels of government shall:
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c. provide maternity and child care and medical care for pregnant and lactating women.
… (Art. 16)
Marriage and Family Life
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13. Native law and custom, including the personal law relating to marriage, divorce, guardianship, maintenance, adoption, legitimacy, family law, gifts or succession, testate or intestate; registration of adoptions under native law or custom; the determination of matters of native law or custom; the constitution, organization, and procedure of native courts (including the right of audience in such courts), and the jurisdiction and powers of such courts, which shall extend only to the matters included in this paragraph and shall not include jurisdiction in respect of offences except in so far as conferred by federal law.
… (Ninth Schedule, List IIA—Supplement to State List for States of Sabah and Sarawak, [Article 95B(1)(a)]) - Malay...
13. Undang-undang dan adat anak negeri, termasuk undang-undang diri yang berhubungan dengan perkahwinan, perceraian, penjagaan, nafkah, pengangkatan, kesahtarafan, undang-undang keluarga, alang atau pewarisan, berwasiat atau tidak berwasiat; pendaftaran pengangkatan di bawah undang-undang atau adat anak negeri; penentuan perkara perkara mengenai undang-undang atau adat anak negeri; keanggotaan, susunan, dan tatacara mahkamah anak negeri (termasuk hak untuk didengar di dalam mahkamah itu), dan bidang kuasa dan kuasa mahkamah itu, yang hendaklah meliputi hanya perkara yang termasuk dalam perenggan ini sahaja dan tidaklah termasuk bidang kuasa berkenaan dengan kesalahan kecuali setakat yang diberikan oleh undang-undang persekutuan.
… (Jadual Kesembilan, Senarai IIA—Tambahan kepada Senarai Negeri bagi Negeri Sabah dan Sarawak, [Perkara 95B(1)(a)])
Marriage and Family Life
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3. Parents shall have the right to ensure their children a moral and religious upbringing and teaching in accordance with their convictions. The provisions of Article 48, para. 1 shall apply as appropriate.
… (Art. 53) - Polish…
3. Rodzice mają prawo do zapewnienia dzieciom wychowania i nauczania moralnego i religijnego zgodnie ze swoimi przekonaniami. Przepis art. 48 ust. 1 stosuje się odpowiednio.
… (Art. 53)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe right to honor, to personal privacy, to a family, and to one's dignity is guaranteed. (Art. 76)
- SpanishSe garantiza el derecho al honor, a la intimidad personal, familiar y a la propia imagen. (Art. 76)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe family is the natural and moral base of society.
The State and the Autonomous Collectivities have a duty to see to the well-being of the family. (Art. 41) - Arabicالأسرة هي الأساس الطبيعي والأخلاقي للمجتمع.
يترتب على الدولة والجماعات المستقلة تأمين رفاه الأسرة. (المادة 41) - FrenchLa famille est la base naturelle et morale de la société.
L'Etat et les Collectivités Autonomes ont le devoir de veiller au bien-être de la famille. (Art. 41)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe State shall register every birth, marriage and death occurring in Uganda. (Art. 18)
Marriage and Family Life
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11. Personal events, births, deaths, marriages and statistics
… (Schedule 9, List of concurrent Powers/Jurisdiction for Federation, Province and Local Level) - Nepali…
(११) व्यक्तिगत घटना, जन्म, मृत्यु, विवाह र तथ्यांक
... (अनुसूची–९, संघ, प्रदेश र स्थानीय तहको अधिकारको साझा सूची)
Marriage and Family Life
- English1. Maternity, childhood and family shall be protected by the State.
2. Care for children and their upbringing shall be the equal right and duty of parents.
3. Able-bodied children over 18 years of age must take care of disabled parents. (Art. 38) - Russian1. Материнство и детство, семья находятся под защитой государства.
2. Забота о детях, их воспитание - равное право и обязанность родителей.
3. Трудоспособные дети, достигшие 18 лет, должны заботиться о нетрудоспособных родителях. (Статья 38)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishNo one will be disturbed [molestado] in their person, family, home, papers or possessions, except by virtue of a written order of the competent authority, that substantiates and motivates the legal cause of the proceeding.
… (Art. 16) - SpanishNadie puede ser molestado en su persona, familia, domicilio, papeles o posesiones, sino en virtud de mandamiento escrito de la autoridad competente, que funde y motive la causa legal del procedimiento.
… (Art. 16)