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Marriage Act 1949
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49 Void marriages.E+W
If any persons knowingly and wilfully intermarry under the provisions of this Part of this Act—
(a)without having given due notice of marriage to the superintendent registrar;
[F1(b)without a marriage schedule having been duly issued by the superintendent registrar of the registration district in which the marriage was solemnized;]
F2(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d)on the authority of [F3a marriage schedule which is] void by virtue of subsection (2) of section thirty-three of this Act;
(e)in any place other than the church, chapel, registered building, office or other place specified in the [F4notices] of marriage and [F5(if so specified) in the marriage schedule];
[F6(ee)in the case of a marriage purporting to be in pursuance of section 26(1)(bb) of this Act, on any premises that at the time the marriage is solemnized are not approved premises;]
(f)in the case of a marrige in a registered building (not being a marriage in the presence of an authorised person), in the absence of a registrar of the registration district in which the registered building is situated; F7...
(g)in the case of a marriage in the office of a superintendent registrar, in the absence of the superintendent registrar or of a registrar of the registration district of that superinentdent registrar; F7[F8...
[F9(gg)in the case of a marriage on approved premises, in the absence of the superintendent registrar of the registration district in which the premises are situated or in the absence of a registrar of that district; or]
(h)in the case of a marriage to which section 45A of this Act applies, in the absence of any superintendent registrar or registrar whose presence at that marriage is required by that section;]
the marriage shall be void.
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F1S. 49(b) substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 34(2) (with Sch. 2)
F2S. 49(c) repealed (1.1.2001) by 1999 c. 33, s. 169(1), Sch. 14 paras. 3, 27(b); S.I. 2000/2698, art. 2
F3Words in s. 49(d) substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 34(3) (with Sch. 2)
F4Words in s. 49(e) substituted (1.1.2001) by 1999 c. 33, s. 169(1), Sch. 14 paras. 3, 27(d); S.I. 2000/2698, art. 2
F5Words in s. 49(e) substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 34(4) (with Sch. 2)
F6S. 49(ee) inserted (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 34, s. 1(3), Sch. para. 3(a); S.I. 1995/424, art. 2(2)(c)
F7Word in s. 49(f)(g) omitted (1.4.1995) by virtue of 1994 c. 34, s. 1(3), Sch. para. 3(b); S.I. 1995/424, art. 2(2)(c)
F8S. 49(h) and word “or” immediately preceding it inserted (E.W.) by Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1), s. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 13
F9S. 49(gg) inserted (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 34, s. 1(3), Sch. para. 3(c); S.I. 1995/424, art. 2(2)(c)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 49 applied (with modifications) by Marriage (Registrar General's Licence) Act 1970 (c. 34), s. 13
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