Marriage Act 1949 (c. 76)

Part III U.K. Marriage under Superintendent Registrar’s Certificate

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. III applied (S.) as to issue of certificates for marriage by Marriage (Scotland) Act 1956 (c. 70), s. 1(3)

Issue of certificates U.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 [F1 two certificates] 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;

[F2 (bb) a marriage on approved premises;]

(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;

[F3 (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 [F4 in any church or chapel in which banns of matrimony may be published.]

F5 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 26(1) substituted (1.1.2001) by 1999 c. 33, s. 161(3); S.I. 2000/2698, art. 2

F2 S. 26(1)(bb) inserted (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 34, s. 1(1); S.I. 1995/424, art. 2(2)(a)

F3 S. 26(1)(dd) inserted(E.W.) by Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1), s. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 4(a)

F4 Words inserted (E.W.) by Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1), s. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 4(a)

F5 S. 26(2) repealed (1.1.2001) by 1999 c. 33, ss. 160(1), 169(3), Sch. 16; S.I. 2000/2698, art. 2