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Matrimonial Causes Act 1965

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Contents: 23 provisions
  1. Title and introductory text
  2. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  3. 8 Remarriage of divorced persons.
  4. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  5. 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  6. 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  7. 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  8. 25 Alteration of agreements by court after death of one party.
  9. 26 Orders for maintenance from deceased’s estate.
  10. 27 Discharge and variation of orders under s. 26.
  11. 28 Additional provisions as to orders under ss. 26 and 27.
  12. 28A
  13. 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  14. 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  15. 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  16. 39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  17. 42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  18. 43 Evidence.
  19. 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  20. 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  21. 46 †Short title, interpretation, commencement and extent.
  22. SCHEDULE 1
  23. SCHEDULE 2

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23 provisions

Title and introductory text

Matrimonial Causes Act 1965 1965 c.72 An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to matrimonial causes, maintenance and declarations of legitimacy and British nationality, with corrections and improvements made under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949. [8th November 1965]

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8 Remarriage of divorced persons.

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) No clergyman of the Church of England or the Church in Wales shall be compelled— (a) to solemnise the marriage of any person whose former marriage has been dissolved and whose former spouse is still living; or (b) to permit the marriage of such a person to be solemnised in the church or chapel of which he is the minister.

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25 Alteration of agreements by court after death of one party.

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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26 Orders for maintenance from deceased’s estate.

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27 Discharge and variation of orders under s. 26.

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28 Additional provisions as to orders under ss. 26 and 27.

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43 Evidence.

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46 †Short title, interpretation, commencement and extent.

(1) This Act may be cited as the Matrimonial Causes Act 1965. (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4) . . ., this Act does not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.

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SCHEDULE 1

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SCHEDULE 2

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