Marriage Act 1949
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49 Void marriages.
If any persons knowingly and wilfully intermarry under the provisions of this Part of this Act— (a) without having given due notice of marriage to the superintendent registrar; (b) without a marriage schedule having been duly issued by the superintendent registrar of the registration district in which the marriage was solemnized; (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (d) on the authority of a marriage schedule which is void by virtue of subsection (2) of section thirty-three of this Act; (e) in any place other than the church, chapel, registered building, office or other place specified in the notices of marriage and (if so specified) in the marriage schedule; (ee) in the case of a marriage purporting to be in pursuance of section 26(1)(bb) of this Act, on any premises that at the time the marriage is solemnized are not approved premises; (f) in the case of a marriage in a registered building (not being a marriage in the presence of an authorised person), in the absence of a registrar of the registration district in which the registered building is situated; ... (g) in the case of a marriage in the office of a superintendent registrar, in the absence of the superintendent registrar or of a registrar of the registration district of that superintendent registrar; ... (gg) in the case of a marriage on approved premises, in the absence of the superintendent registrar of the registration district in which the premises are situated or in the absence of a registrar of that district; or (h) in the case of a marriage to which section 45A of this Act applies, in the absence of any superintendent registrar or registrar whose presence at that marriage is required by that section; the marriage shall be void.
49 Void marriages.
If any persons knowingly and wilfully intermarry under the provisions of this Part of this Act— (a) without having given due notice of marriage to the superintendent registrar; (b) without a marriage schedule having been duly issued by the superintendent registrar of the registration district in which the marriage was solemnized; (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (d) on the authority of a marriage schedule which is void by virtue of subsection (2) of section thirty-three of this Act; (e) in any place other than the church, chapel, registered building, office or other place specified in the notices of marriage and (if so specified) in the marriage schedule; (ee) in the case of a marriage purporting to be in pursuance of section 26(1)(bb) of this Act, on any premises that at the time the marriage is solemnized are not approved premises; (f) in the case of a marriage in a registered building (not being a marriage in the presence of an authorised person), in the absence of a registrar of the registration district in which the registered building is situated; ... (g) in the case of a marriage in the office of a superintendent registrar, in the absence of the superintendent registrar or of a registrar of the registration district of that superintendent registrar; ... (gg) in the case of a marriage on approved premises, in the absence of the superintendent registrar of the registration district in which the premises are situated or in the absence of a registrar of that district; or (h) in the case of a marriage to which section 45A of this Act applies, in the absence of any superintendent registrar or registrar whose presence at that marriage is required by that section; the marriage shall be void.
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