C1Part II Marriage according to Rites of the Church of England
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5 Methods of authorising marriages.
A marriage according to the rites of the Church of England may be solemnized—
a
after the publication of banns of matrimony;
b
on the authority of a special licence of marriage granted by the Archbishop of Canterbury or any other person by virtue of the M1Ecclesiastical Licences Act, 1533 (in this Act referred to as a “special licence”);
c
on the authority of a licence of marriage (other than a special licence) granted by an ecclesiastical authority having power to grant such a licence (in this Act referred to as a “common licence”); or
Pt. II applied by Sharing of Church Buildings Act 1969 (c. 38), s. 6(2)