Section 36Part 11 — Maritime Civil Partnerships
Maritime civil partnerships: general provisions
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Subject to the requirements of this Law relating to notice of civil partnership and the issue of the Registrar's or a Civil Registrar's certificate, a civil partnership may be formalised before a civil partnership officer on the high seas under the authority of the Registrar's or a Civil Registrar's certificate.
A civil partnership may be formalised before a civil partnership officer on the high seas without notice of civil partnership or the issue of the Registrar's or a Civil Registrar's certificate under the authority of a special licence.
A civil partnership in extremis may be formalised on the high seas by a civil partnership officer in accordance with section 15.
A civil partnership formalised in the manner provided in this Law on board Cayman Islands ships on the high seas before a civil partnership officer shall be as valid in law as if it had been formalised in the Islands.
In this section, "civil partnership officer" means one granted a licence under section 33 or 34.
Cross References
- Section 15 of Civil Partnership Act
Reference to civil partnerships in extremis
- Section 33 of Civil Partnership Act
Reference to civil partnership officer licenses
- Section 34 of Civil Partnership Act
Reference to civil partnership officer licenses