[F15A Marriages between certain persons related by affinity.E+W
No clergyman shall be obliged—
(a)to solemnize a marriage which, apart from the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 [F2or the Marriage Act 1949 (Remedial) Order 2007], would have been void by reason of the relationship of the persons to be married; or
(b)to permit such a marriage to be solemnized in the church or chapel of which he is the minister.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 5A inserted by Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (c. 16, SIF 49:1), s. 3
F2Words in s. 5A inserted (1.3.2007) by The Marriage Act 1949 (Remedial) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/438), arts. 1(1), 2(b) (with art. 1(2))