An Act to amend the Civil Marriage Act

Short title: Civil Marriage of Non-residents Act Bill C-32 (41-1) Status: Royal assent received Type: House Government Bill Sponsor: Rob Nicholson, Minister of Justice (Niagara Falls) Latest stage: Royal assent Legislative

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summary is currently being prepared for this bill by the Parliamentary Information and Research Service of the Library of Parliament. Meanwhile, the following executive

summary is available. <br/><br/>On February 2012, the Minister of Justice introduced Bill C-32,

An Act to amend the Civil Marriage Act (Civil Marriage of Non-residents Act), in the House of Commons and it was given first reading.<br/><br/>Bill C-32 amends the Civil Marriage Act in order to provide that all marriages performed in Canada between non-residents, whether they are of the same sex or of the opposite sex, that would be valid in Canada if the spouses were domiciled in Canada are valid for the purposes of Canadian law even if one or both of the non-residents do not, at the time of the marriage, have the capacity to enter into it under the law of their respective state of domicile.

It also establishes a new divorce process that allows a Canadian court to grant a divorce to non-resident spouses who reside in a state where a divorce cannot be granted to them because that state does not recognize the validity of their marriage.</div> House of Commons — First reading: Completed (2012-02-17) House of Commons — Second reading: Completed (2013-06-18) House of Commons — Consideration in committee: Completed (2013-06-18) House of Commons — Report stage: Completed (2013-06-18) House of Commons — Third reading: Completed (2013-06-18) Senate — First reading: Completed (2013-06-18) Senate — Second reading: Completed (2013-06-19) Senate — Consideration in committee: Completed (2013-06-20) Senate — Third reading: Completed (2013-06-21) LEGISinfo: https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/41-1/c-32