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<Bill bill-origin="commons" bill-type="govt-public" xml:lang="en" Reprint="No"><Identification><BillNumber>C-38</BillNumber><Parliament><Session>1</Session><Number>38</Number><RegnalYear><Year-s>53</Year-s><Monarch>Elizabeth II</Monarch></RegnalYear><Year-s>2004-2005</Year-s></Parliament><LongTitle>An Act respecting certain aspects of legal capacity for marriage for civil purposes</LongTitle><ShortTitle status="official">Marriage for Civil Purposes Act</ShortTitle><RunningHead>Civil Marriage</RunningHead><BillHistory><Stages stage="first-reading-house"><Date><YYYY>2005</YYYY><MM>2</MM><DD>1</DD></Date></Stages></BillHistory><BillSponsor>THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE</BillSponsor><BillRefNumber date-time="2005-1-31">90306</BillRefNumber></Identification><Bill_Part Part_Type="Cover" CountLines="No"><Block Align="Yes"><Para Style="CovBillNo">C-38</Para></Block><Block><Para TopMargin="24" Size="9" Leading="10" LeftMargin="0" FirstLineIndent="0" TextAlign="Center">First Session, Thirty-eighth Parliament,</Para></Block><Block><Para Size="9" Leading="10" LeftMargin="0" FirstLineIndent="0" TextAlign="Center">53 Elizabeth II, 2004-2005</Para></Block><Block><Para TopMargin="48" LeftMargin="0" FirstLineIndent="0" Bold="Yes" TextAlign="Center">HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA</Para></Block><Block><Para TopMargin="42" Size="18" Leading="20" LeftMargin="0" FirstLineIndent="0" Bold="Yes" TextAlign="Center">BILL C-38</Para></Block><Block Align="Yes"><Para Style="CovLongTitle">An Act respecting certain aspects of legal capacity for marriage for civil purposes</Para></Block><Block Align="Yes"><Para Style="COV_StageLine"></Para></Block><Block><Para Size="9" AllCaps="Yes" Hyphenate="OFF">first reading, February 1, 2005</Para></Block><Block Align="Yes"><Para Style="COV_StageLine"></Para></Block><Block Align="Yes"><Para Style="Cover_Sponsors">THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE</Para></Block><Block Align="Yes"><Para Style="Cover_DocNo">90306</Para></Block></Bill_Part></Bill>
