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Marriage Act 1983

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4In section 26 (marriages which may be solemnized by superintendent registrar's certificate)—

(a)in subsection (1) the following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph (d)—

“(dd)the marriage (other than a marriage in pursuance of paragraph (c) or (d) above) of a person who is house-bound or is a detained person at the place where he or she usually resides ;”;

and in paragraph (e) after the words " Church of England " there shall be inserted the words " in any church or chapel in which banns of matrimony may be published. " ; and

(b)in subsection (2) after the words " shall not issue a licence " there shall be inserted the words " for a marriage intended to be solemnized at a person's residence in pursuance of subsection (1)(dd) of this section or ".

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