C1Part II Marriage according to Rites of the Church of England

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Miscellaneous Provisions

25 Void marriages.

F71

A marriage shall be void in any of the following cases.

F62

F8Case A is where 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 F2certificates 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 F3certificates of a superintendent registrar which are void by virtue of subsection (2) of section thirty-three of this Act;

d

in the case of a marriage on the authority of F4certificates of a superintendent registrar, in any place other than the church F5building or other place specified in the F4notices of marriage and certificates as the place where the marriage is to be solemnized.

F93

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.