Version Superseded: 15/04/2005
Point in time view as at 01/01/2001. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Marriage Act 1949, Section 27 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 03 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized on the authority of [F1certificates] of a superintendent registrar F2. . ., notice of marriage in the prescribed form shall be given—
(a)if the persons to be married have resided in the same registration district for the period of seven days immediately before the giving of the notice, by [F3each] of those persons to the superintendent registrar of that district;
(b)if the persons to be married have not resided in the same registration district for the said period of seven days as aforesaid, by [F4each] of those persons to the superintendent registrar of [the registration district in which he or she has resided] for that period.
F5(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)A notice of marriage shall state the name and surname, marital status, occupation [F6, place of residence and nationality] of each of the persons to be married and [F7in the case of a marriage intended to be solemnized at a person’s residence in pursuance of section 26(1)(dd) of this Act, which residence is to be the place of solemnization of the marriage and, in any other case,][F8the church or other building or premises in or on which] the marriage is to be solemnized and—
(a)F9. . . shall state the period, not being less than seven days, during which each of the persons to be married has resided in his or her place of residence;
F10(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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(4)The superintendent registrar shall file all notices of marriage and keep them with the records of his office, and shall [F11subject to section 27A of this Act] also forthwith enter the particulars given in every such notice, together with the date of the notice and the name of the person by whom the notice was given, in a book (in this Act referred to as “the marriage notice book”) furnished to him for that purpose by the Registrar General, and the marriage notice book shall be open for inspection free of charge at all reasonable hours.
(5)If the persons to be married wish to be married in the presence of a registrar in a registered building for which an authorised person has been appointed, they shall, at the time when notice of marriage is given to the superintendent registrar under this section, give notice to him that they require a registrar to be present at the marriage.
(6)The superintendent registrar shall be entitled to a fee of [F12£30.00] for every entry made in the marriage notice book under this section.
[F13(7)The superintendent registrar shall be entitled to receive from any person intending to be married in pursuance of section 26(1)(dd) of this Act upon whom he attends at a place other than his office in order to be given notice of marriage under this section the sum of [F14£40.00].]
Textual Amendments
F1Word in s. 27(1) substituted (1.1.2001) by 1999 c. 33, s. 169(1), Sch. 14 paras. 3, 8; S.I. 2000/2698, art. 2
F2Words in s. 27(1) repealed (1.1.2001) by 1999 c. 33, ss. 160(2)(a), 169(3), Sch. 16; S.I. 2000/2698, art. 2
F3Word in s. 27(1)(a) substituted (1.1.2001) by 1999 c. 33, s. 161(1)(a); S.I. 2000/2698, art. 2
F4Words in s. 27(1)(b) substituted (1.1.2001) by 1999 c. 33, s. 161(1)(b); S.I. 2000/2698, art. 2
F5S. 27(2) repealed (1.1.2001) by 1999 c. 33, ss. 160(2)(b), 169(3), Sch. 16; S.I. 2000/2698, art. 2
F6Words in s. 27(3) substituted (1.1.2001) by 1999 c. 33, s. 161(2); S.I. 2000/2698, art. 2
F7Words inserted (E.W.) by Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1), s. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 5(a)
F8Words in s. 27(3) substituted (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 34, s. 1(3), Sch. para. 2; S.I. 1995/424, art. 2(2)(a)
F9Words in s. 27(3)(a) repealed (1.1.2001) by 1999 c. 33, ss. 160(2)(c), 169(3), Sch. 16; S.I. 2000/2698, art. 2
F10S. 27(3)(b) repealed (1.1.2001) by 1999 c. 33, ss. 160(2)(d), 169(3), Sch. 16; S.I. 2000/2698, art. 2
F11Words inserted (E.W.) by Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1), s. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 5(b)
F12Fee in s. 27(6) substituted (1.1.2001) by S.I. 1999/3311, art. 2, Sch. (as amended (1.1.2001) by S.I. 2000/3165, art. 2(b)) (which said S.I. 1999/3311 and S.I. 2000/3165 were revoked (1.4.2003) by S.I. 2002/3076, art. 3) and that same fee payable (1.4.2003) by virtue of S.I. 2002/3076, art. 2, Sch.
F13S. 27(7) inserted (E.W.) by Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32, SIF 49:1), s. 1(7), Sch. 1 para. 5(c)
F14Fee in s. 27(7) payable (1.4.2000) by virtue of S.I. 1999/3311, art. 2, Sch. (which S.I. was revoked (1.4.2003) by S.I. 2002/3076, art. 3) and that same fee payable (1.4.2003) by virtue of S.I. 2002/3076, art. 2, Sch.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 27(4) applied by Marriage (Registrar General's Licence) Act 1970 (c. 34), s. 2(2)
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