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Bill: Marriage, Adultery and Divorce Decentralization Act of 4338
Details
Submitted by[?]: Respublikanskaya Partiya
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: June 4339
Description[?]:
| This act have the following objectives: - To transfer sovereignty of definition and application of adultery to the local governments. - To transfer sovereignty of definition and application of arranged marriages to the local governments. - To transfer sovereignty of definition and application of divorce to the local governments. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The legality of divorces (if marriages are recognised).
Old value:: Divorces are legal, be it mutual consent, grounded cause or if one partner wants it.
Current: Divorces are only legal with grounded cause (such as adultery, or violence).
Proposed: The legality of divorces is left up to the local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Forced marriages.
Old value:: Forced marriages are illegal.
Current: Forced marriages are illegal.
Proposed: The legality of forced marriages lies with local governments.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to adultery.
Old value:: Adultery is legal.
Current: Adultery is illegal, but not prosecuted.
Proposed: Local governments establish policies on adultery.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:09:41, January 25, 2018 CET | From |  Belaya Triguniya | To | Debating the Marriage, Adultery and Divorce Decentralization Act of 4338 |
| Message | "White Trigunia will oppose this bill as written - we agree that these sections of the law must change, but we cannot tolerate devolution to the regions where the central government should have supremacy." Prokhor Kirillovich Sherkov, White Trigunian Shadow Minister for Health and Social Services |
| Date | 22:22:10, January 26, 2018 CET | From | Our Motherland | To | Debating the Marriage, Adultery and Divorce Decentralization Act of 4338 |
| Message | "Our Motherland believes freedom of marriage to be an unalienable right, and therefore opposes the Republican proposal" |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 750 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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