25 Void marriages.E+W
[F1(1)A marriage shall be void in any of the following cases.]
[F2(2)][F3Case A is where any persons] knowingly and wilfully intermarry according to the rites of the Church of England (otherwise than by special licence)—
(a)[F4except 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 [F5a marriage schedule] having been duly issued under Part III of this Act F6...; or
(c)on the authority of a publication of banns which is void by virtue of F7... 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 [F8a marriage schedule 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 [F9a marriage schedule], in any place other than the church [F10building or other place specified in the [F11notices of marriage [F12and (if so specified) in the marriage schedule]] as the place where the marriage is to be solemnized].
[F13(3)Case B is where any persons knowingly and wilfully consent to or acquiesce in the solemnization of a Church of England marriage between them by a person who is not in Holy Orders.
(4)Case C is where any persons of the same sex consent to or acquiesce in the solemnization of a Church of England marriage between them.
(5)In subsections (3) and (4) “Church of England marriage” means a marriage according to the rites of the Church of England.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 25(1) inserted (13.3.2014) by Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), s. 21(3), Sch. 7 para. 4(2); S.I. 2014/93, art. 3(k)(i)
F2Words in s. 25 renumbered as s. 25(2) (13.3.2014) by Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), s. 21(3), Sch. 7 para. 4(3); S.I. 2014/93, art. 3(k)(i)
F3Words in s. 25(2) substituted (13.3.2014) by Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), s. 21(3), Sch. 7 para. 4(3); S.I. 2014/93, art. 3(k)(i)
F4Words inserted by Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1), s. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 3(a)
F5Words in s. 25(2)(b) substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 8(2)(a) (with Sch. 2)
F6Words in s. 25(2)(b) omitted (4.5.2021) by virtue of The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 8(2)(b) (with Sch. 2)
F7Words in s. 25(2)(c) omitted (27.2.2023) by virtue of Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022 (c. 28), s. 7(1), Sch. para. 1(3) (with s. 8); S.I. 2023/88, reg. 2 (with regs. 3-17)
F8Words in s. 25(2)(c) substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 8(3) (with Sch. 2)
F9Words in s. 25(2)(d) substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 8(4)(a) (with Sch. 2)
F10Words substituted by Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1), s. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 3(b)
F11Words in s. 25(2)(d) substituted (1.1.2001) by 1999 c. 33, s. 169(1), Sch. 14 paras. 3, 7(c); S.I. 2000/2698, art. 2
F12Words in s. 25(2)(d) substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 8(4)(b) (with Sch. 2)
F13S. 25(3)-(5) substituted for words in s. 25(2) (13.3.2014) by Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), s. 21(3), Sch. 7 para. 4(4); S.I. 2014/93, art. 3(k)(i)