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Marriage between persons of same gender prohibited \par 3. Repeal \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5576368 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5576368 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5576368 ______}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16325243 _______}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5576368\charrsid6837298 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5576368 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5576368\charrsid5576368 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5576368 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2631940\charrsid5576368 2007, No.7}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2631940\charrsid6837298 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2631940 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5576368 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5576368 {\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2631940\charrsid12872394 An Act to amend the Marriage Act 1973 by prohibiting persons of the same gender from }{ \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5576368\charrsid12872394 marrying }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2631940\charrsid12872394 each other \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2631940 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5576368 \par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2631940\charrsid5576368 BE IT ENACTED}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2631940\charrsid2631940 by the Parliament of the {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname place}}Cook Islands{\*\xmlclose} in Session assembled and by the authority of the same, as follows: \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5576368 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2631940\charrsid16325243 1}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2631940\charrsid5576368 . }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2631940\charrsid927008 Short Title}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2631940\charrsid2631940 - This Act may be cited as the Marriage Amendment Act 2007 and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Marriage Act 1973 (}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14840511 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2631940\charrsid2631940 the principal Act"). \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5576368 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2631940\charrsid16325243 2}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2631940\charrsid5576368 . }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2631940\charrsid927008 Marriage between persons of same gender prohibited}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2631940\charrsid2631940 - The principal Act is amended by inserting }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12795798 after section 15 the following-}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2631940\charrsid2631940 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5576368 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid11616336 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14840511 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2631940\charrsid16325243 15A.}{ \b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2631940\charrsid2325142 }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2631940\charrsid601254 Marriage between persons of same gender prohibited}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2631940\charrsid2631940 - (1) No person shall be permitted to marry another person who is of the same gender as him or herself. \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2325142 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2325142 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3635962 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2631940\charrsid2631940 (2)}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2631940 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2631940\charrsid2631940 For the purposes of subsection (1) a person who has been bo}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3635962 rn}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2631940\charrsid2631940 as a male or as a female as the case may be, shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act always to be of that gender, notwithstanding that he or she may have undergone surgical or other medical treatment to give that person the physical characteristics of the opposite gender." \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2631940 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2325142 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14969584 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2631940\charrsid16325243 3.}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2631940\charrsid15824498 }{ \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2631940\charrsid927008 Repeal }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2631940\charrsid2631940 - 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