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Marriage Act 1949

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Contents: 132 provisions
  1. Title and introductory text
  2. 1 Marriages within prohibited degrees.
  3. 2 Marriages of persons under eighteen.
  4. 2A Marriages of whole life prisoners
  5. 3 Marriages of persons under twenty-one.
  6. 4 Hours for solemnization of marriages.
  7. 5 Methods of authorising marriages.
  8. 5A Marriages between certain persons related by affinity.
  9. 5B Marriages involving person of acquired gender
  10. 6 Place of publication of banns.
  11. 7 Time and manner of publication of banns.
  12. 8 Notice to clergyman before publication of banns.
  13. 9 Persons by whom banns may be published.
  14. 10 Publication of banns commenced in one church and completed in another.
  15. 11 Certificates of publication of banns.
  16. 12 Solemnization of marriage after publication of banns.
  17. 13 Publication of banns in Scotland, Northern Ireland or Republic of Ireland.
  18. 14 Publication of banns on board His Majesty’s ships.
  19. 15 Places in which marriages may be solemnized by common licence.
  20. 16 Provisions as to common licences.
  21. 17 Marriage under marriage schedule.
  22. 18 Publication of banns and solemnization of marriages during repair and rebuilding of churches.
  23. 19 Publication of banns and solemnization of marriage where church injured by war damage.
  24. 20 Licensing of chapels for publication of banns and solemnization of marriages for persons residing in specified district.
  25. 21 Authorising of publication of banns and solemnization of marriages in churches and chapels of extra-parochial places.
  26. 21A Issue of marriage document after publication of banns or the grant of a special or common licence
  27. 22 Witnesses.
  28. 23 Benefices held in plurality.
  29. 24 Proof of residence not necessary to validity of marriage by banns or common licence.
  30. 25 Void marriages.
  31. 26 Marriage of a man and a woman; marriage of same sex couples for which no opt-in necessary
  32. 26A Opt-in to marriage of same sex couples: places of worship
  33. 26B Opt-in to marriage of same sex couples: other religious ceremonies
  34. 27 Notice of marriage.
  35. 27ZA Circumstances in which a notice of marriage is not to be recorded in the marriage register
  36. 27A Additional information required in certain cases.
  37. 27B Provisions relating to section 1(3) marriages.
  38. 27C Provisions relating to section 1(5) marriages.
  39. 27D Additional information required for certain marriages of same sex couples
  40. 27E Additional information if party not relevant national
  41. 28 Declaration to accompany notice of marriage.
  42. 28A Power to require evidence of consent to marriages of same sex couples
  43. 28B Provision of evidence
  44. 28C Additional evidence if party not relevant national
  45. 28D Change of usual address or UK contact address
  46. 28E Rejection of false information or evidence
  47. 28F Amendment of notice and evidence provisions
  48. 28G Specified evidence
  49. 28H Referral of proposed marriage to Secretary of State
  50. 29 Caveat against issue of marriage schedule.
  51. 30 Forbidding of issue of marriage schedule.
  52. 31 Marriage under marriage schedule.
  53. 31ZA Notice of marriage: false information or evidence
  54. 31A Appeal on refusal under section 31(2)(a) or 31ZA.
  55. 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  56. 33 Period of validity of marriage schedule.
  57. 34 Marriages normally to be solemnized in registration district in which one party resides.
  58. 35 Marriages in registration district in which neither party resides.
  59. 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  60. 37 One party resident in Scotland.
  61. 38 One party resident in Northern Ireland.
  62. 39 Issue of certificates on board His Majesty’s ships.
  63. 39A Marriage of former civil partners one of whom has changed sex
  64. 40 Forms of certificates to be furnished by Registrar General.
  65. 41 Registration of buildings : marriage of a man and a woman.
  66. 42 Cancellation of registration under section 41: building no longer used
  67. 43 Buildings registered under section 41: appointment of authorised persons
  68. 43A Registration of buildings: marriage of same sex couples
  69. 43B Buildings registered under section 43A: appointment of authorised persons
  70. 43C Cancellation of registration under section 43A
  71. 43D Regulations about sections 41 and 43 and 43A to 43C
  72. 44 Solemnization of marriage in registered building.
  73. 44A Building subject to Sharing of Church Buildings Act 1969: registration
  74. 44B Building subject to Sharing of Church Buildings Act 1969: cancellation
  75. 44C Other shared places of worship: registration and cancellation
  76. 44D Sections 44A to 44C: supplementary provision
  77. 45 Solemnization of marriage in register office.
  78. 45A Solemnization of certain marriages.
  79. 46 Register office marriage followed by religious ceremony.
  80. 46A Approval of premises.
  81. 46B Solemnization of marriage on approved premises.
  82. 47 Marriages according to usages of Society of Friends.
  83. 48 Proof of certain matters not necessary to validity of marriages.
  84. 49 Void marriages.
  85. 49A Void marriages: additional provision about same sex couples
  86. 50 Person to whom marriage schedule to be delivered.
  87. 51 Fees of superintendent registrars for attending marriages in approved premises
  88. 52 Provision for marriages in Welsh language.
  89. 53 Persons by whom marriages are to be registered.
  90. 53A Register of marriages
  91. 53B Signing of a marriage document
  92. 53C Signing of a marriage schedule
  93. 53D Registration of marriage
  94. 53E Registration of marriage where documentation lost or destroyed
  95. 54 Provision of marriage register books by Registrar General.
  96. 55 Manner of registration of marriages.
  97. 56 Power to ask for particulars of marriage.
  98. 57 Quarterly returns to be made to superintendent registrar.
  99. 58 Quarterly returns to be made by superintendent registrar to Registrar General.
  100. 59 Custody of register books.
  101. 60 Filled register books.
  102. 61 Correction of errors in register book.
  103. 62 Disposal of register books on church ceasing to be used for solemnization of marriages.
  104. 63 Searches in register books.
  105. 64 Searches of indexes kept by superintendent registrars.
  106. 65 Searches of indexes kept by Registrar General.
  107. 65A Searches and records of information: additional provision
  108. 66 Sending documents by post.
  109. 67 Interpretation of Part IV.
  110. 68 Solemnization of marriages in naval, military, and air force chapels.
  111. 69 Licensing of chapels for marriages according to rites of Church of England.
  112. 70 Registration of chapels for marriages otherwise than according to rites of Church of England.
  113. 70A Registration of chapels for marriages of same sex couples otherwise than according to rites of Church of England
  114. 71 Evidence of marriages under Part V.
  115. 71A Fees
  116. 72 Supplementary provisions as to marriages in usual places of worship.
  117. 73 Lists of licensed chapels and registered buildings.
  118. 74 Regulations and approval of electronic forms etc.
  119. 75 Offences relating to solemnization of marriages.
  120. 76 Offences relating to registration of marriages.
  121. 76A Offence of failing to attend premises in compliance with a section 53D(8) or section 53E(10) notice
  122. 77 Offences by authorised persons.
  123. 78 Interpretation.
  124. 79 Repeals and savings.
  125. 80 Short title, extent and commencement.
  126. SCHEDULE 1 Kindred and affinity
  127. SECOND SCHEDULE
  128. THIRD SCHEDULE
  129. SCHEDULE 3A Modifications if proposed marriage referred under section 28H
  130. FOURTH SCHEDULE Provisions of Act which are excluded or modified in their application to Naval, Military and Air Force Chapels
  131. FIFTH SCHEDULE Enactments repealed
  132. SIXTH SCHEDULE Provisions of Act which do not extend to Wales

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76A Offence of failing to attend premises in compliance with a section 53D(8) or section 53E(10) notice

(1) A person who, without reasonable cause, fails to attend premises in compliance with a notice issued under section 53D(8) or section 53E(10) commits an offence. (2) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

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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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78 Interpretation.

(1) In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say— “approved electronic form” has the meaning given by section 74(2); “approved premises” means premises approved in accordance with regulations under section 46A of this Act as premises on which marriages may be solemnized in pursuance of section 26(1)(bb) of this Act; “authorised chapel” means— in relation to a chapelry, a chapel of the chapelry in which banns of matrimony could lawfully be published immediately before the passing of the Marriage Act, 1823, or in which banns may be published and marriages may be solemnized by virtue of section two of the Marriages Confirmation Act, 1825, or of an authorisation given under section three of the Marriage Act, 1823; in relation to an extra-parochial place, a church or chapel of that place in which banns may be published and marriages may be solemnized by virtue of section two of the Marriages Confirmation Act, 1825, or of an authorisation given under section three of the Marriage Act, 1823, or section twenty-one of this Act; in relation to a district specified in a licence granted under section twenty of this Act, the chapel in which banns may be published and marriages may be solemnized by virtue of that licence; “authorised person” means— in relation to a building registered under section 41, a person whose name and address have been certified in accordance with section 43; in relation to a building registered under section 43A, a person whose name and address have been certified in accordance with section 43B; “brother” includes a brother of the half blood; “child of the family”, in relation to any person, means a child who has lived in the same household as that person and been treated by that person as a child of his family “clergyman” means a clerk in Holy Orders of the Church of England; “common licence” has the meaning assigned to it by section five of this Act; “ecclesiastical district,” in relation to a district other than a parish, means a district specified in a licence granted under section twenty of this Act, a chapelry or an extra-parochial place; “England and Wales legislation” has the same meaning as in the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013; “ marriage document ” has the meaning assigned to it by section 21A(3); “child” , except where used to express a relationship, means a person under the age of eighteen;; “marriage notice book” means a book furnished to a superintendent registrar by the Registrar General before 4th May 2021 for the purposes of entering, before that date, the particulars given in every notice of marriage; “marriage schedule” has the meaning assigned to it by section 31(2); “marriage register” has the meaning assigned to it by section 53A(1); “marriage register book” means a marriage register book used for the purposes of registering marriages that were solemnized before 4th May 2021 in England or Wales; “officer of the Society of Friends” means a person whom the recording clerk of the Society of Friends in London certifies in writing under their hand to the Registrar General to be an officer in England and Wales of that Society; “parish” means an ecclesiastical parish and includes a district constituted under the Church Building Acts, 1818 to 1884, notwithstanding that the district has not become a new parish by virtue of section fourteen of the New Parishes Act, 1856, or section five of the New Parishes Measure, 1943, being a district to which Acts of Parliament relating to the publication of banns of matrimony and the solemnization of marriages were applied by the said Church Building Acts as if the district had been an ancient parish, and the expression “parish church” shall be construed accordingly; “prescribed” (other than in section 71A) means prescribed by regulations made under section seventy-four of this Act ; “registered building” means a building registered under section 41 or section 43A of this Act; “registrar” means a registrar of marriages; “Registrar General” means the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages in England; “registration district” means the district of a superintendent registrar; “relevant national” means— a British citizen, an Irish citizen, or a person who is not an Irish citizen and who— has leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom which was granted by virtue of residence scheme immigration rules within the meaning given by section 17 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 , or is an applicant for the purposes of regulation 4 of the Citizens' Rights (Application Deadline and Temporary Protection) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (applications which have not been finally determined by the deadline) where the relevant period within the meaning of that regulation has not expired; ... ... “sister” includes a sister of the half blood; “special licence” has the meaning assigned to it by section five of this Act; “superintendent registrar” means a superintendent registrar of births, deaths and marriages; “trustees or governing body,” in relation to Roman Catholic registered buildings, includes a bishop or vicar general of the diocese. (1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) Any reference in this Act to the Church of England shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as including a reference to the Church in Wales. (3) For the purposes of this Act a person is house-bound if— (a) each notice of his or her marriage given in accordance with section 27 of this Act is accompanied by a medical statement (within the meaning of section 27A(7) of this Act) made, not more than fourteen days before the date on which that notice was given, in relation to that person; and (b) he or she is not a detained person. (4) For the purposes of this Act a person is a detained person if he or she is for the time being detained— (a) otherwise than by virtue of section 2, 4, 5, 35, 36 or 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (short term detentions), as a patient in a hospital; or (b) in a prison or other place to which the Prison Act 1952 applies, and in paragraph (a) above “patient” and “hospital” have the same meanings as in Part II of the Mental Health Act 1983. (5) For the purposes of this Act a person who is house-bound or is a detained person shall be taken, if he or she would not otherwise be, to be resident and usually resident at the place where he or she is for the time being. (6) If, for the purpose of any provision of this Act, a relevant governing authority has given written consent to marriages of same sex couples, the validity of that consent is not affected only because there is a change in the person or persons constituting that relevant governing authority.

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79 Repeals and savings.

(1) The Acts specified in Part I of the Fifth Schedule to this Act, and the Measures of the Church Assembly specified in Part II of that Schedule, are hereby repealed to the extent specified in relation thereto in the third column of that Schedule. (2) Any banns published, licence or certificate issued, notice, consent, authorisation or direction given, Order in Council, rules, order, declaration, return, appointment or entry made, registration effected, caveat entered or other thing done under any enactment repealed by this Act shall, if in force at the commencement of this Act, continue in force, and have effect as if published, issued, given, made, effected, entered or done under the corresponding provision of this Act. (3) Where a period of time specified in any enactment repealed by this Act is current at the commencement of this Act, this Act shall have effect as if the corresponding provision thereof had been in force when that period began to run. (4) Any document referring to an enactment repealed by this Act shall be construed as referring to the corresponding provision of this Act. (5) Nothing in this Act shall affect any law or custom relating to the marriage of members of the Royal Family. (6) Nothing in this Act shall affect the right of the Archbishop of Canterbury or any other person by virtue of the Ecclesiastical Licences Act, 1533, to grant special licences to marry at any convenient time or place, or affect the validity of any marriage solemnized on the authority of such a licence. (7) Nothing in this Act shall affect the validity of any marriage solemnized before the commencement of this Act. (8) Nothing in this Act shall affect any authority given under section three of the Marriage Act, 1823, before the repeal thereof for the publication of banns and the solemnization of marriages in any chapel, or affect the operation of section four of that Act in relation to that chapel. (9) Nothing in this Act shall affect any right, title, estate, interest, will, claim, payment, commutation, composition, discharge, settlement or other thing, or the devolution or distribution of any property which, by virtue of section two of the Deceased Wife’s Sister’s Marriage Act, 1907, was not affected by the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Acts, 1907 to 1931. (10) Nothing in this Act shall enable any proceedings to be taken in an ecclesiastical court which could not have been taken if this Act had not been passed. (11) Nothing in this Act shall require any caution or security to be given which would not have required to be given if this Act had not been passed. (12) Nothing in this Act shall affect any power to extend a Measure of the Church Assembly to the Channel Islands or affect any such Measure which has been so extended. (13) Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this section shall be taken as prejudicing the operation of section thirty-eight of the Interpretation Act, 1889 (which relates to the effect of repeals).

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80 Short title, extent and commencement.

(1) This Act may be cited as the Marriage Act, 1949. (2) Save as is otherwise expressly provided, this Act shall not extend to Scotland or to Northern Ireland. (3) The provisions of this Act specified in the Sixth Schedule to this Act shall not extend to Wales or Monmouthshire. (4) This Act shall come into force on the first day of January, nineteen hundred and fifty.

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SCHEDULE 1 Kindred and affinity

Part 1 Prohibited degrees: kindred 1 (1) The list referred to in section 1(1) is— Adoptive child Adoptive parent Child Former adoptive child Former adoptive parent Grandparent Grandchild Parent Parent’s sibling Sibling Sibling’s child (2) In the list “sibling” means a brother, sister, half-brother or half-sister. Part 2 Degrees of affinity referred to in section 1(2) and (3) 2 The list referred to in section 1(2) is as follows— Child of former civil partner Child of former spouse Former civil partner of grandparent Former civil partner of parent Former spouse of grandparent Former spouse of parent Grandchild of former civil partner Grandchild of former spouse Part III 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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SECOND SCHEDULE

Section 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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THIRD SCHEDULE

Section 68. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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SCHEDULE 3A Modifications if proposed marriage referred under section 28H

Introduction 1 (1) These are the modifications subject to which this Act has effect if the superintendent registrar refers a proposed marriage to the Secretary of State. (2) In this Schedule— “2014 Act” means the Immigration Act 2014; “referred marriage” means the proposed marriage referred to the Secretary of State. No marriage schedule to be issued until decision about investigation etc 2 (1) The duty under section 31(2) to issue a marriage schedule in respect of the referred marriage does not apply unless and until one of the following events occurs. (2) Event 1 occurs if— (a) the Secretary of State gives the superintendent registrar or (as the case may be) superintendent registrars the section 48 notice, and (b) that notice is of a decision not to investigate whether the referred marriage is a sham. (3) Event 2 occurs if— (a) the relevant statutory period ends, and (b) the Secretary of State has not given the superintendent registrar or (as the case may be) superintendent registrars the section 48 notice. (4) Event 3 occurs if— (a) the Secretary of State gives the superintendent registrar or (as the case may be) superintendent registrars the section 48 notice, (b) that notice is of a decision to investigate whether the referred marriage is a sham, (c) the Secretary of State gives the superintendent registrar or (as the case may be) superintendent registrars the section 50 notice, and (d) that notice is of a decision that both of the parties to the referred marriage have complied with the investigation. (5) Event 4 occurs if— (a) the 70 day period ends, and (b) the Secretary of State has not given the superintendent registrar or (as the case may be) superintendent registrars the section 50 notice. (6) Event 5 occurs if the Secretary of State gives the superintendent registrar or (as the case may be) superintendent registrars notice that the duty under section 31(2) is applicable. (7) The Secretary of State may give a notice for that purpose only if— (a) the Secretary of State has given the superintendent registrar or (as the case may be) superintendent registrars the section 48 notice, (b) that notice is of a decision to investigate whether the referred marriage is a sham, (c) the Secretary of State has given the superintendent registrar or (as the case may be) superintendent registrars the section 50 notice, and (d) that notice is of a decision that one or both of the parties to the referred marriage have not complied with the investigation. (8) This paragraph applies in addition to any other requirements applicable to the issue of the marriage schedule. (9) This paragraph is subject to paragraph 4. (10) In this paragraph— “70 day period” has the same meaning as in section 50 of the 2014 Act; “relevant statutory period” has the same meaning as in section 48 of the 2014 Act; “section 48 notice” means notice under section 48(7) of the 2014 Act; “section 50 notice” means notice under section 50(7) of the 2014 Act. Marriage to be investigated: extension of waiting period to 70 days 3 (1) The modifications in this paragraph have effect if the Secretary of State gives the superintendent registrar notice under section 48(7) of the 2014 Act of a decision to investigate whether the referred marriage is a sham. (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) Section 31(4A)(a): the reference to the period of 28 days has effect as a reference to the relevant 70 day period. (4) Section 31(5A) ...: the reference to the 28 day period has effect as a reference to the relevant 70 day period. (5) Section 31(5B) does not apply. (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (7) In this paragraph “relevant 70 day period” means the period— (a) beginning the day after notice of the proposed marriage is recorded in the marriage register in accordance with Part 3 of the Marriage Act 1949, ... and (b) ending at the end of the period of 70 days beginning with that day. Effect of reducing statutory period 4 (1) This paragraph applies if— (a) the Secretary of State gives notice under section 31(5EB) of the grant of an application made under section 31(5A) (reduction of statutory period) in relation to the referred marriage, and (b) that notice is given at a time when the duty under section 31(2) to issue a marriage schedule in respect of the referred marriage has not arisen in accordance with paragraph 2. (2) The duty under subsection 31(2) to issue a marriage schedule in respect of the referred marriage arises on the giving of the notice, subject to any other requirements applicable to the issue of the marriage schedule being met. (3) But the requirements of paragraph 2 are not applicable in such a case. (4) The Secretary of State is not prevented from deciding to conduct, conducting, or continuing, an investigation if a marriage schedule in respect of the referred marriage is issued as mentioned in sub-paragraph (2). (5) But in such a case, nothing in the 2014 Act requires the Secretary of State to decide whether to conduct, to conduct, or to continue, an investigation. (6) In this paragraph “investigation” means an investigation, conducted following a decision by the Secretary of State under section 48 of the 2014 Act, whether a proposed marriage is a sham.

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FOURTH SCHEDULE Provisions of Act which are excluded or modified in their application to Naval, Military and Air Force Chapels

Sections 69, 70. Part I Exclusion of Provisions relating to Marriages according to the Rites of the Church of England Subsection (4) of section six. Paragraph (b) of subsection (I) of section fifteen. The proviso to section seventeen. Section eighteen. Section twenty. Subsection (3) of section thirty-five. The proviso to subsection (1) of section forty-four. ... Part II Modification of Provisions relating to Marriages according to the Rites of the Church of England Subsection (1) of section six shall apply as if the chapel were the parish church of the parish in which the chapel is situated. Subsection (3) of section seven shall apply as if for the reference to the parochial church council there were substituted, in relation to a naval chapel, a reference to the Admiralty and, in relation to any other chapel, a reference to a Secretary of State. Section eight shall apply as if it required the notice in writing mentioned therein to include a statement that one at least of the persons to be married is a qualified person within the meaning of Part V of this Act, and to specify the person so qualified and the nature of his qualification. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section fifteen shall apply as if the chapel were the parish church of the parish in which the chapel is situated. Subsection (1) of section sixteen shall apply as if it required the oath, which is to be taken thereunder, to include a statement that one at least of the persons to be married is a qualified person within the meaning of Part V of this Act and to specify the person so qualified and the nature of his qualification. Subsection (3) of section twenty-seven shall apply as if it required the notice of marriage to include a statment that one at least of the persons to be married is a qualified person within the meaning of Part V of this Act and to specify the person so qualified and the nature of his qualification. Section fifty shall apply as if for the reference to the officiating clergyman there were substituted a reference to the clergyman appointed under section sixty-nine of this Act ..., in whose presence the marriage is solemnized. Part III Exclusion of Provisions relating to Marriages otherwise than according to the Rites of the Church of England The proviso to section seventeen. . . . Section forty-one. Section forty-two. The proviso to subsection (1) of section forty-three. Sections 43A and 43C. The proviso to subsection (1) of section forty-four. Part IV Modification of Provisions relating to Marriages otherwise than according to the Rites of the Church of England Subsection (3) of section twenty-seven shall apply as if it required the notice of marriage to include a statement that one at least of the persons to be married is a qualified person within the meaning of Part V of this Act and to specify the person so qualified and the nature of his qualification. Sections forty-three, 43B, and 44 shall apply as if for any reference to the trustees or governing body of a building there were substituted a reference to the Admiralty or any person authorised by them, in the case of a naval chapel, and a reference to a Secretary of State or any person authorised by him, in the case of any other chapel.

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FIFTH SCHEDULE Enactments repealed

Section 79. Part I Acts of Parliament repealed Session and Chapter | Short Title | Extent of Repeal . . . | . . . | . . . 62 & 63 Vict. c.27. | The Marriages Validity Act, 1899. | The whole Act so far as it relates to marriages solemnized in England. . . . | . . . | . . . 8 Edw. 7, c.26. | The Naval Marriages Act, 1908. | The whole Act so far as it relates to marriages solemnized in England. . . . | . . . | . . . 2 & 3 Geo. 6, c.33. | The Marriage Act, 1939 | Section one, so far as it relates to marriages solemnized in England . . . | . . . | . . . Part II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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SIXTH SCHEDULE Provisions of Act which do not extend to Wales

Section 80. . . . Section ten. . . . Section nineteen. Subsection (7) of section twenty. . . . . . .

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