Title: Court of Appeal Referral – The Marriage Act, 1995

Minister: Minister of Justice and Attorney General

Summary: Orders that the following questions be referred to the Court of Appeal for hearing and consideration:

(a) Is section 28.1 of The Marriage Act, 1995 as set out in The Marriage Amendment Act attached as Schedule A to this Order consistent with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms? If not, in what particular or particulars, and to what extent?

(b) Is section 28.1 of The Marriage Act, 1995 as set out in The Marriage Amendment Act attached as Schedule B to this Order consistent with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms? If not, in what particular or particulars, and to what extent?

See: The Constitutional Questions Act, sections 2 and 3