Part I Reduction of Age of Majority and Related Provisions
2 Provisions relating to marriage.
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In the following enactments, that is to say—
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b
paragraph 2(c) of Part I of the Schedule to the M1Marriage with Foreigners Act 1906 (persons under 21 seeking certificate to swear that necessary consents have been obtained);
c
section 78(1) of the M2Marriage Act 1949 (definition of “infant ” as person under the age of 21),
for the words “twenty-one years ” there shall be substituted the words “eighteen years ”.
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3
Where for the purpose of obtaining a certificate F2. . . for marriage F4or marriage schedule under Part III of the said Act of 1949 a person declares that the consent of any person or persons whose consent to the marriage is required under the said section 3 has been obtained, the superintendent registrar may refuse to issue the certificate F2. . . for marriage F4or marriage schedule unless satisfied by the production of written evidence that the consent of that person or of those persons has in fact been obtained.
4
In this section any expression which is also used in the said Act of 1949 has the same meaning as in that Act.