Civil Partnership Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee am 4:45 pm ar 26 Hydref 2004.
'Section 1 of the Matrimonial Causes (Reports) Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 (c.29 (N.I.)) (restriction on publication of reports of proceedings) shall extend to proceedings—
(a) for the dissolution or annulment of a civil partnership or for the legal separation of civil partners,
(b) under section 176,
(c) under Part 7 of Schedule 16, or
(d) under Part 9 of Schedule 16 in relation to an order under Part 7 of that Schedule.'.
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When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.
