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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1379",
  "legislation_title": "The Cayman Islands Constitution Order 2009",
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  "text": "(1) Government shall respect the right of every unmarried man and woman of marriageable age (as determined by law) freely to marry a person of the opposite sex and found a family.\n(2) No person shall be compelled to marry without his or her free and full consent.\n(3) Nothing in any law or done under its authority shall be held to contravene subsection (1) to the extent that the law makes provision that is reasonably justifiable in a democratic society—\n(a) in the interests of public order, public morality or public health;\n(b) for regulating, in the public interest, the procedures and modalities of marriage; or\n(c) for protecting the rights and freedoms of others.\n(4) Spouses shall be entitled to equal rights and shall be subject to equal responsibilities as between themselves and as regards their children both during and after marriage, but this equality of rights and responsibilities shall be subject to such arrangements or measures as may be agreed, or as may be ordered by a court, in the interests of their children.",
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