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Marriage Act 1949

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Changes over time for: Section 45

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Version Superseded: 01/01/2001

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Point in time view as at 01/02/1997. This version of this provision has been superseded. Help about Status

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Marriage Act 1949, Section 45 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 01 November 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

45 Solemnization of marriage in register office.E+W

(1)Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized on the authority of a certificate of a superintendent registrar, the persons to be married may state in the notice of marriage that they wish to be married in the office of the superintendent registrar or one of the superintendent registrars, as the case may be, to whom notice of marriage is given, and where any such notice has been given and the certificate or certificate and licence, as the case may be, has or have been issued accordingly, the marriage may be solemnized in the said office, with open doors, in the presence of the superintendent registrar and a registrar of the registration district of that superintendent registrar and in the presence of two witnesses, and the persons to be married shall make the declarations and use the form of words set out in subsection (3) [F1or (3A)] of the last foregoing section in the case of marriages in registered buildings in the presence of a registrar.

(2)No religious service shall be used at any marriage solemnized in the office of a superintendent registrar.

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F1Words in s. 45(1) inserted (1.2.1997) by 1996 c. 34, s. 1(2)(a); S.I. 1996/2506, art. 2

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