REPUBLIC OF NAURU 

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES (AMENDMENT) ACT 2016 
No. 28 of 2016

An Act to amend the Births, Deaths and Marriages Act 1957 
Certified: 9th June 2016 

Table of Contents 
1 SHORT TITLE 
2 COMMENCEMENT 
3 AMENDMENT OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES ACT 1957 
4 INSERT NEW SECTION 27A 

Enacted by the Parliament of Nauru as follows: 
1 Short title 
This Act may be cited as the Births, Deaths and Marriages (Amendment) Act 2016. 
2 Commencement 
This Act commences on the date it is certified by the Speaker. 
3 Amendment of Births, Deaths and Marriages Act 1957 
The Births, Deaths and Marriages Act is amended by the provisions of this Act. 
4 Insert new section 27A 
	27A Prohibited marriages 
	No marriage shall be solemnised between persons of the same gender.