Act on Registered Life Partnerships of 16 February 2001 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 266), last
amended by Article 2 of the Act of 20 June 2014 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 786)
This Act was adopted by the German Bundestag as Article 1 of the Act of 16 February 2001 I
266. It entered into force on 1 August 2001 pursuant to Article 5 of this Act.
The Act is compatible with the Basic Law pursuant to Federal Constitutional Court Decision
of 17 July 2002 Federal Law Gazette I p. 3197 (1 BvF 1/01, 1 BvF 2/01).