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Whereas it proveth necessary and expedient to emend the common law meaning of the word
marriage wheresoever it do occureth in section 51 (xxi) of the Constitution of Australia, being
the Schedule to the Imperial Parliaments Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act,
otherwise than by express constitutional referendum vote of the peoples of the several states to
so do:
And whereas by private bill, this be possible by pursuing the procedure of section 51 (xxxviii):
And whereas by public bill - amoved by the Attorney General - this be possible by pursuing
the procedures of section 51 (xxxviii) and section 59:
And whereas by private members bill amoved and aseconded by members of the House of
Representatives, this be possible by pursuing the procedures of section 51 (xxxviii) and section
59:
And should the Senate Standing Orders provide for private senators bills, this be possible a
said bill amoved and aseconded by Senators representing different states and pursuing the
procedures of section 51 (xxxviii) and section 59:
And whereas the Parliament do note the abolition of Queenslands legislative council, which do
depriveth Australian citizens and British Subjects resident thereabouts of voting right in
respect of elections to the Queensland Legislative Assembly of some limited say in respect of
this said emendation, it be moot and just that this emendation be limited to the bills stated
purpose, the liberalisation of Australias marriage law to allow and permit and regulate gay
marriage and lesbian marriage:
The Parliament of Australia by absolute majority of the House of Representatives, and
absolute majority of the Senate, do recommedeth to the several Parliaments of the States,
pursuant to section 51 (xxxviii), as follows:Marriage Law Reform Bill 2015.
1. The Marriage Act 1961 section 5(1) stand emended by substituting the definition of marriage
to read marriage means the union of two natural persons - being men or women - to the
exclusion of all others, voluntary entered into for life.
2. The Marriage Act 1961 paragraph 23 (2) (b) stand emended by substituting siblings or half
siblings for a brother and a sister wheresoever occurring.

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3. The Marriage Act 1961 paragraph 23B (2) (b) stand emended by substituting siblings or half
siblings for a brother and a sister wheresoever occurring.
4. The Marriage Act 1961 section 46 (1) stand emended by substituting two men or women of
marriageable age for a man or a woman wheresoever occurring.
5. The Marriage Act 1961 section 88 stand emended by appending Provided that the Foreign
Marriages Act 1892 of the Imperial Parliament be emended in respect of its application to the
Commonwealth of Australia and Australian airspace and Australian territorial waters by the
High Court of Australia by declarative legislation to the effect that the marriage of two gays
or two lesbians of marriageable age pursuant to the Marriage Acts of the Commonwealth of
Australia then applying shall not be invalidated in Australian Courts by this reason alone.
6. The Marriage Act 1961 section 88 stand emended by appending Provided further that the
Foreign Marriages Act 1892 of the Imperial Parliament be emended in respect of its
application to the Commonwealth of Australia and Australian airspace and Australian
territorial waters by the Privy Council of the Reigning Monarch of the British Empire by
declarative legislation to the effect that the marriage of two gays or two lesbians of
marriageable age pursuant to the Marriage Acts of the Commonwealth of Australia then
applying shall not be invalidated in Privy Council appeals from Australian Courts by this
reason alone.
7. The Marriage Act 1961 section 88EA stand emended by substituting shall for must
wheresoever occurring.
8. The Marriage Act 1961 section 88EA stand emended by appending to section 88EA should
two gays or two lesbians not be of marriageable age according to Australian law.
9. This Marriage Law Liberalisation And Reform Bill 2015 shall in no case whatsoever be used
in courts ecclesiastical imperial or Australian as evidence to the effect that this bill be
advocacy of the right of gay men if married to adopt daughters by inter-country adoption.
10. This Marriage Law Liberalisation And Reform Bill 2015 do declareth that in respect of
Captains of Ships in Australian territorial waters that any reference to said matter be moved
in seriatim to another legislative contribution.
11. This Marriage Law Liberalisation And Reform Bill 2015 do declareth that in respect of
Captains of Aeroplanes in Australian airspace that any reference to said matter be moved in
seriatim to another legislative contribution.

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