Civil Partnership Bill and Amendment to Civil and Commercial Code
On 7 June 2022, at Santi Maitree Building Government House, the Cabinet has approved a draft “Act on Civil Partnership Bill (“Act”) and amendment to Civil and Commercial Code (“CCC”)” which were considered by the Council of State.
The purpose of this draft Act is to enact a specific law to support the rights and duties of LGBT+ people and for gender equality and to amend the CCC which is a general law to be in line with the draft Act.
1. This draft Act consists of 4 Chapters and 46 Sections as follows:
1.1 Prologue (Sections 1–5) establishes the timeline for law enforcement and various important definitions, especially the term “partners”.
1.2 Chapter 1 registration of a life partners (Sections 6 – 14) prescribing rules and procedures for registration of a life partner.
1.3 Chapter 2 partners (Sections 15 – 38) dividing into 5 parts as follows:
(1) Part 1 general provisions (Sections 15 – 21) stipulates those provisions of the CCC on the family shall be applied to the partners if there is no specific provision in this Chapter.
(2) Part 2 relationship between partners (Sections 22 – 23)
(3) Part 3 properties between partners (Sections 24 – 27)
(4) Part 4 void of registration of being partners (Sections 28-31)
(5) Part 5 termination of partnership (Sections 32 – 38)
- Chapter 3 adopted children (Sections 39 – 44)
1.5 Chapter 4 inheritance (Sections 45 – 46)
2. A amendment to CCC consists of 5 Sections with the purpose of amending Sections 1452 (duplication of Marriage Registration), 1516 (1) (grounds for divorce) and 1528 (termination of right to receive pension) in the order to support the life partner’s matter as well.