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

Words in s. 45(1) inserted (1.2.1997) by 1996 c. 34, s. 1(2)(a); S.I. 1996/2506, art. 2

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/45/1997-02-01Marriage Act 1949An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the solemnization and registration of marriages in England with such corrections and improvements as may be authorised under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act, 1949.1974-12-31texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-08-141997-02-01Part III Marriage under Superintendent Registrar’s Certificate Marriages in register offices
45 Solemnization of marriage in register office.1

Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized on the authority of a certificate of a superintendent registrar, the persons to be married may state in the notice of marriage that they wish to be married in the office of the superintendent registrar or one of the superintendent registrars, as the case may be, to whom notice of marriage is given, and where any such notice has been given and the certificate or certificate and licence, as the case may be, has or have been issued accordingly, the marriage may be solemnized in the said office, with open doors, in the presence of the superintendent registrar and a registrar of the registration district of that superintendent registrar and in the presence of two witnesses, and the persons to be married shall make the declarations and use the form of words set out in subsection (3) or (3A) of the last foregoing section in the case of marriages in registered buildings in the presence of a registrar.

2

No religious service shall be used at any marriage solemnized in the office of a superintendent registrar.

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<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/part/III">Pt. III</ref>
applied (S.) as to issue of certificates for marriage by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1956/70">Marriage (Scotland) Act 1956 (c. 70)</ref>
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Words in
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