C1Part II Marriage according to Rites of the Church of England
Miscellaneous Provisions
25 Void marriages.
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A marriage shall be void in any of the following cases.
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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;
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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.
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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.
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In subsections (3) and (4) “Church of England marriage” means a marriage according to the rites of the Church of England.
Pt. II applied by Sharing of Church Buildings Act 1969 (c. 38), s. 6(2)