Marriage Act 1949

Section 1.

FIRST SCHEDULE KINDRED AND AFFINITY

PART I

Prohibited degrees of relationship

Mother	Father
Daughter	Son
Father's mother	Father's father
Mother's mother	Mother's father
Son's daughter	Son's son
Daughter's daughter	Daughter's son
Sister	Brother
Wife's mother	Husband's father
Wife's daughter	Husband's son
Father's wife	Mother's husband
Son's wife	Daughter's husband
Father's father's wife	Father's mother's husband
Mother's father's wife	Mother's mother's husband
Wife's father's mother	Husband's father's father
Wife's mother's mother	Husband's mother's father
Wife's son's daughter	Husband's son's son
Wife's daughter's daughter	Husband's daughter's son
Son's son's wife	Son's daughter's husband
Daughter's son's wife	Daughter's daughter's husband
Father's sister	Father's brother
Mother's sister	Mother's brother
Brother's daughter	Brother's son
Sister's daughter	Sister's son

PART II

Statutory exceptions from prohibited degrees of relationship

Deceased wife's sister	Deceased sister's husband
Deceased brother's wife	Deceased husband's brother
Deceased wife's brother's daughter	Father's deceased sister's husband
Deceased wife's sister's daughter	Mother's deceased sister's husband
Father's deceased brother's wife	Deceased husband's brother's son
Mother's deceased brother's wife	Deceased husband's sister's son
Deceased wife's father's sister	Brother's deceased daughter's husband
Deceased wife's mother's sister	Sister's deceased daughter's husband
Brother's deceased son's wife	Deceased husband's father's brother
Sister's deceased son's wife	Deceased husband's mother's brother