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Marriage Act 1

Proposal #50 Marriage was created in YE 24 and failed to a vote of 5 Yay / 12 Nay in the Senate of Yamatai. It was resubmitted as Proposal #52 Marriage Act.

Purpose:

1. To provide laws for legal bindings, ie marriage.

Proposal:

Marriages:

  1. Must be approved by the empress, or someone the empress determines to be fit to do said task.
  2. 3-way marriages are allowed, with consent from all 3 parties.
  3. Marriage is a legally binding contract to love and cherish for a period of 5 years, then it may be refreshed or dissolved appropriately according to the couple's feelings at that point.
  4. After marriage, cheating for the sake of this law means: any insertion of male genitalia into any female orifice. (example: cheating: a man screws a prostitute without his spouse's awareness or consent. This is grounds for cheating.
  5. Cheating is grounds for punishment determined by spouse, or parental unit/owner (usually slavery)
    1. *note: If the spouse allows, either partner may have relations with professional prostitutes as long as said encounter does not result in illegitimate children*
  6. “Love” is required, a a couple must have been together in a loving relationship for between 3-5 months depending on situation.
  7. Divorce is legal as well, but only after a waiting period of one week, to make sure it's what they truly want.

OOC Notes

Proposal #50 Marriage was written on 09 Jan 2004. Kim created this article on 2018/01/05 18:08.