Decree of the Minister for Foreign Affairs No. 124 / 1968 Coll.
Decree of the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the Convention on Consent to Marriage, the Lowest Age for Marriage and Marriage Registration
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Effective from 03.06.1965
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DECLARATION
Minister for Foreign Affairs
of 5 August 1968
concerning the Convention on Consent to Marriage, the Lowest Age for Marriage and Marriage Registration
On 10 December 1962, the Convention on consent to marriage, the lowest age for marriage and marriage registration, was negotiated in New York.
On behalf of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, the Convention was signed in New York on 8 October 1963.
The President of the Republic ratified the Convention and the instrument of ratification was deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, depositary of the Convention, on 5 March 1965.
The Convention entered into force on 9 December 1964 on the basis of Article 6 thereof. It entered into force for the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic on 3 June 1965.
The Czech translation of the Convention is being announced simultaneously.
Minister:
Dr Hájek v. r.
Attachment to excavation No 124 / 1968 Coll.
CONVENTION
on consent to marriage, the lowest age for marriage and marriage registration
Contracting States,
Desiring, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, to promote universal recognition and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction of race, sex, language or religion,
Recalling that Article 16 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights provides:
"1. Both men and women, once they have reached maturity, have the right to marry and establish a family without any limitation for racial, national or religious reasons. In marriage, they have the same rights during its duration and when it is undone.
2. The marriages may be concluded only with the free and full consent of the spouses to come. "
Recalling, furthermore, that the United Nations General Assembly declared by its Resolution 843 (IX) of 17 December 1954 that certain customs, old laws and practices relating to marriage and family are incompatible with the principles laid down in the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
Emphasising that all States, including those States that have or are responsible for the administration of non-governmental and protective territories until their independence, should take all appropriate measures to abolish such customs, old laws and practices by ensuring, inter alia, full freedom in the choice of marriage partner, fully abolish children's marriages and the engagement of young girls before reaching adulthood, establish where necessary appropriate appropriate penalties and introduce a civil or other matrix in which all marriages are recorded,
agree as follows:
1. No marriage shall be legally concluded without the full and free consent of both parties, expressed in person after appropriate publication, in the presence of the institution responsible for the execution of the wedding ceremony and of the witnesses prescribed by the law.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, it is not necessary for one of the parties to be present when the competent authority is satisfied that the circumstances are exceptional and that the party before the competent authority and in the manner prescribed by law has expressed and withdrawn its consent.
The Contracting States shall adopt legislative measures determining the lowest age for the conclusion of marriage. No marriage shall be legally concluded by any person who has not reached that age, except in cases where, for serious reasons, the competent authority authorises an exemption in respect of the age in the interest of the future spouses.
All marriages shall be registered by the competent authority in the relevant official matrix.
1. This Convention shall be open for signature by 31 December 1963 to all Member States of the United Nations or any expert organisation or any other State which will be encouraged by the General Assembly of the United Nations to become a Party to the Convention.
This Convention shall be subject to ratification. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
1. This Convention shall be open to all States referred to in Article 4 (1).
2. Access shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of access with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
1. This Convention shall enter into force on the 90th day following the date of deposit of the eighth instrument of ratification or accession.
2. For each State which ratifies or accedes to the Convention after the deposit of the eighth instrument of ratification or accession, the Convention shall enter into force on the 90th day following the deposit of its instrument of ratification or accession.
1. Any Contracting State may terminate this Convention by notifying the Secretary-General of the United Nations in writing. The denunciation shall take effect one year after the Secretary-General has received this notification.
2. This Convention shall expire on the date of the entry into force of a statement reducing the number of Contracting Parties to less than eight.
Any dispute which may arise between any two or more Contracting States with regard to the interpretation or implementation of this Convention and which will not be settled by negotiation shall, at the request of all parties involved in the dispute, be referred to the International Court of Justice if the Parties disagree on another method of settlement.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall inform all Member States of the United Nations and non-Member States as provided for in Article 4 (1) of this Convention on:
(a) the signature and instrument of ratification received pursuant to Article 4;
(b) the instruments of access they receive pursuant to Article 5;
(c) the date on which the Convention enters into force pursuant to Article 6;
(d) notifications of notice received in accordance with Article 7 (1);
(e) the expiry of the Convention pursuant to Article 7 (2).
1. This Convention, whose Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, will be deposited in the United Nations archive.
2. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall forward a certified copy of the Convention to all Member States of the United Nations and to those non-Member States which provide for Article 4 (1).
In evidence of this signing, duly authorised, they signed on behalf of their governments this Convention, which was opened for signature at the United Nations headquarters in New York on December 10, 1 960.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Decree of the Minister of Foreign Affairs No. 124 / 1968 Coll., on the Convention on Consent to Marriage, the lowest age for the conclusion of marriages and registration of marriages |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 20.09.1968 |
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| Effective from | 03.06.1965 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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