Part IIIU.K. Marriage under Superintendent Registrar’s Certificate

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C1Pt. III applied (S.) as to issue of certificates for marriage by Marriage (Scotland) Act 1956 (c. 70), s. 1(3)

Issue of certificatesU.K.

26 Marriages which may be solemnized on authority of superintendent registrar’s certificate.E+W

(1)Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Act, the following marriages may be solemnized on the authority of a certificate of a superintendent registrar—

(a)a marriage in a registered building according to such form and ceremony as the persons to be married see fit to adopt;

(b)a marriage in the office of a superintendent registrar;

(c)a marriage according to the usages of the Society of Friends (commonly called Quakers);

(d)a marriage between two persons professing the Jewish religion according to the usages of the Jews;

[F1(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;]

(e)a marriage according to the rites of the Church of England [F2in any church or chapel in which banns of matrimony may be published.]

(2)A marriage on the authority of a certificate of a superintendent registrar may be either by a licence issued by the superintendent registrar or without a licence:

Provided that a superintendent registrar shall not issue a licence [F3for a marriage intended to be solemnized at a person’s residence in pursuance of subsection (1)(dd) of this section or] for a marriage in any church or chapel in which marriages may be solemnized according to the rites of the Church of England, or in any church or chapel belonging to the Church of England or licensed for the celebration of divine worship according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England.

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