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Marriage Act 1949

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Version Superseded: 01/01/2001

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25 Void marriages.E+W

If any persons knowingly and wilfully intermarry according to the rites of the Church of England (otherwise than by special licence)—

(a)[F1except in the case of a marriage in pursuance of section 26(1)(dd) of this Act,] in any place other than a church or other building in which banns may be published;

(b)without banns having been duly published, a common licence having been obtained, or a certificate having been duly issued under Part III of this Act by a superintendent registrar to whom due notice of marriage has been given; or

(c)on the authority of a publication of banns which is void by virtue of subsection (3) of section three or subsection (2) of section twelve of this Act, on the authority of a common licence which is void by virtue of subsection (3) of section sixteen of this Act, or on the authority of a certificate of a superintendent registrar which is void by virtue of subsection (2) of section thirty-three of this Act;

(d)in the case of a marriage on the authority of a certificate of a superintendent registrar, in any place other than the church [F2building or other place specified in the notice of marriage and certificate as the place where the marriage is to be solemnized];

or if they knowingly and wilfully consent to or acquiesce in the solemnization of the marriage by any person who is not in Holy Orders, the marriage shall be void.

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