Marriage (Enabling) Act 1960
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1 Certain marriages not to be void.
(1) No marriage hereafter contracted (whether in or out of Great Britain) between a man and a woman who is the sister, aunt or niece of a former wife of his (whether living or not), or was formerly the wife of his brother, uncle or nephew (whether living or not), shall by reason of that relationship be void or voidable under any enactment or rule of law applying in Great Britain as a marriage between persons within the prohibited degrees of affinity. (2) In the foregoing subsection words of kinship apply equally to kin of the whole and of the half blood. (3) This section does not validate a marriage, if either party to it is at the time of the marriage domiciled in a country outside Great Britain, and under the law of that country there cannot be a valid marriage between the parties. (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 Certain marriages not to be void.
(1) No marriage hereafter contracted (whether in or out of Great Britain) between a man and a woman who is the sister, aunt or niece of a former wife of his (whether living or not), or was formerly the wife of his brother, uncle or nephew (whether living or not), shall by reason of that relationship be void or voidable under any enactment or rule of law applying in Great Britain as a marriage between persons within the prohibited degrees of affinity. (2) In the foregoing subsection words of kinship apply equally to kin of the whole and of the half blood. (3) This section does not validate a marriage, if either party to it is at the time of the marriage domiciled in a country outside Great Britain, and under the law of that country there cannot be a valid marriage between the parties. (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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