Change 1 Article Choose an article Title and introductory text 1 Marriages within prohibited degrees. 2 Marriages of persons under eighteen. 2A Marriages of whole life prisoners 3 Marriages of persons under twenty-one. 4 Hours for solemnization of marriages. 5 Methods of authorising marriages. 5A Marriages between certain persons related by affinity. 5B Marriages involving person of acquired gender 6 Place of publication of banns. 7 Time and manner of publication of banns. 8 Notice to clergyman before publication of banns. 9 Persons by whom banns may be published. 10 Publication of banns commenced in one church and completed in another. 11 Certificates of publication of banns. 12 Solemnization of marriage after publication of banns. 13 Publication of banns in Scotland, Northern Ireland or Republic of Ireland. 14 Publication of banns on board His Majesty’s ships. 15 Places in which marriages may be solemnized by common licence. 16 Provisions as to common licences. 17 Marriage under marriage schedule. 18 Publication of banns and solemnization of marriages during repair and rebuilding of churches. 19 Publication of banns and solemnization of marriage where church injured by war damage. 20 Licensing of chapels for publication of banns and solemnization of marriages for persons residing in specified district. 21 Authorising of publication of banns and solemnization of marriages in churches and chapels of extra-parochial places. 21A Issue of marriage document after publication of banns or the grant of a special or common licence 22 Witnesses. 23 Benefices held in plurality. 24 Proof of residence not necessary to validity of marriage by banns or common licence. 25 Void marriages. 26 Marriage of a man and a woman; marriage of same sex couples for which no opt-in necessary 26A Opt-in to marriage of same sex couples: places of worship 26B Opt-in to marriage of same sex couples: other religious ceremonies 27 Notice of marriage. 27ZA Circumstances in which a notice of marriage is not to be recorded in the marriage register 27A Additional information required in certain cases. 27B Provisions relating to section 1(3) marriages. 27C Provisions relating to section 1(5) marriages. 27D Additional information required for certain marriages of same sex couples 27E Additional information if party not relevant national 28 Declaration to accompany notice of marriage. 28A Power to require evidence of consent to marriages of same sex couples 28B Provision of evidence 28C Additional evidence if party not relevant national 28D Change of usual address or UK contact address 28E Rejection of false information or evidence 28F Amendment of notice and evidence provisions 28G Specified evidence 28H Referral of proposed marriage to Secretary of State 29 Caveat against issue of marriage schedule. 30 Forbidding of issue of marriage schedule. 31 Marriage under marriage schedule. 31ZA Notice of marriage: false information or evidence 31A Appeal on refusal under section 31(2)(a) or 31ZA. 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Period of validity of marriage schedule. 34 Marriages normally to be solemnized in registration district in which one party resides. 35 Marriages in registration district in which neither party resides. 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 One party resident in Scotland. 38 One party resident in Northern Ireland. 39 Issue of certificates on board His Majesty’s ships. 39A Marriage of former civil partners one of whom has changed sex 40 Forms of certificates to be furnished by Registrar General. 41 Registration of buildings : marriage of a man and a woman. 42 Cancellation of registration under section 41: building no longer used 43 Buildings registered under section 41: appointment of authorised persons 43A Registration of buildings: marriage of same sex couples 43B Buildings registered under section 43A: appointment of authorised persons 43C Cancellation of registration under section 43A 43D Regulations about sections 41 and 43 and 43A to 43C 44 Solemnization of marriage in registered building. 44A Building subject to Sharing of Church Buildings Act 1969: registration 44B Building subject to Sharing of Church Buildings Act 1969: cancellation 44C Other shared places of worship: registration and cancellation 44D Sections 44A to 44C: supplementary provision 45 Solemnization of marriage in register office. 45A Solemnization of certain marriages. 46 Register office marriage followed by religious ceremony. 46A Approval of premises. 46B Solemnization of marriage on approved premises. 47 Marriages according to usages of Society of Friends. 48 Proof of certain matters not necessary to validity of marriages. 49 Void marriages. 49A Void marriages: additional provision about same sex couples 50 Person to whom marriage schedule to be delivered. 51 Fees of superintendent registrars for attending marriages in approved premises 52 Provision for marriages in Welsh language. 53 Persons by whom marriages are to be registered. 53A Register of marriages 53B Signing of a marriage document 53C Signing of a marriage schedule 53D Registration of marriage 53E Registration of marriage where documentation lost or destroyed 54 Provision of marriage register books by Registrar General. 55 Manner of registration of marriages. 56 Power to ask for particulars of marriage. 57 Quarterly returns to be made to superintendent registrar. 58 Quarterly returns to be made by superintendent registrar to Registrar General. 59 Custody of register books. 60 Filled register books. 61 Correction of errors in register book. 62 Disposal of register books on church ceasing to be used for solemnization of marriages. 63 Searches in register books. 64 Searches of indexes kept by superintendent registrars. 65 Searches of indexes kept by Registrar General. 65A Searches and records of information: additional provision 66 Sending documents by post. 67 Interpretation of Part IV. 68 Solemnization of marriages in naval, military, and air force chapels. 69 Licensing of chapels for marriages according to rites of Church of England. 70 Registration of chapels for marriages otherwise than according to rites of Church of England. 70A Registration of chapels for marriages of same sex couples otherwise than according to rites of Church of England 71 Evidence of marriages under Part V. 71A Fees 72 Supplementary provisions as to marriages in usual places of worship. 73 Lists of licensed chapels and registered buildings. 74 Regulations and approval of electronic forms etc. 75 Offences relating to solemnization of marriages. 76 Offences relating to registration of marriages. 76A Offence of failing to attend premises in compliance with a section 53D(8) or section 53E(10) notice 77 Offences by authorised persons. 78 Interpretation. 79 Repeals and savings. 80 Short title, extent and commencement. SCHEDULE 1 Kindred and affinity SECOND SCHEDULE THIRD SCHEDULE SCHEDULE 3A Modifications if proposed marriage referred under section 28H FOURTH SCHEDULE Provisions of Act which are excluded or modified in their application to Naval, Military and Air Force Chapels FIFTH SCHEDULE Enactments repealed SIXTH SCHEDULE Provisions of Act which do not extend to Wales
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77 Offences by authorised persons.
Any authorised person who refuses or fails to comply with the provisions of this Act or of any regulations made under section seventy-four thereof shall be guilty of an offence against this Act, and, unless the offence is one for which a specific penalty is provided under the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act, shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding ten pounds or, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds, and shall upon conviction cease to be an authorised person.
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77 Offences by authorised persons.
Any authorised person who refuses or fails to comply with the provisions of this Act or of any regulations made under section seventy-four thereof shall be guilty of an offence against this Act, and, unless the offence is one for which a specific penalty is provided under the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act, shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding ten pounds or, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds, and shall upon conviction cease to be an authorised person.
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