House deliberation to start in December
PUBLISHED : 27 Oct 2023 at 06:14
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin pledged yesterday to push to pass three bills, including a draft law on “marriage equality”, which are due to be deliberated by the cabinet next Tuesday and subsequently be forwarded to parliament.
The marriage equality bill aims to amend the Civil and Commercial Code to allow anyone of a suitable age to register their marriage regardless of their gender. The current code only recognises marriage between a man and a woman.
The second bill to be examined focuses on a recognition bill and would allow transgender people to amend their gender marker in their official identity documents….
