Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977
Minimum age for marriage
1Minimum age for marriage
Forbidden degrees
2Marriage of related persons
Preliminaries to regular marriage
3Notice of intention to marry
4Marriage notice book and list of intended marriages
5Objections to marriage
6The Marriage Schedule
7Marriage outside Scotland where a party resides in Scotland
Persons who may solemnise marriage
8Persons who may solemnise marriage
Religious Marriages
9Registration of nominated persons as celebrants
10Removal of celebrant's name from register
11Alterations to register maintained under s. 9
12Temporary authorisation of celebrants
13Preliminaries to solemnisation of religious marriages
14Form of ceremony to be used by approved celebrant
15Registration of religious marriages
16Registrar's power to require delivery of Marriage Schedule
Civil marriages
17Appointment of authorised registrars
18Places at which civil marriages may be solemnised
19Marriage ceremony and registration of marriage
20Second marriage ceremony
Irregular marriages
21Registration of irregular marriages
General
22Interpreters at marriage ceremony
23Cancellation of entry in register of marriages
24Offences
25Regulations
26Interpretation
27Transitional and saving provisions
28Consequential amendments and repeals
29Short title, commencement and extent
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1Degrees of Relationship
SCHEDULE 2Consequential Amendments of Other Enactments
The Foreign Marriage Act 1892 (c. 23)
1In section 22(4) (validity of marriages solemnised by chaplains of...
The Marriage with Foreigners Act 1906 (c. 40)
2In section 1(1) (British subject giving notice of intended foreign...
3In section 2(1) (provision for regulations in relation to foreigners...
The Marriage Act 1949 (c. 76)
4In section 37(1) (one party resident in Scotland)—
The Marriage (Scotland) Act 1956 (c. 70)
5In section 1 (notice of marriage intended to be solemnised...
The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 (c. 49)
6In section 11 (general provision as to fees)—
7In section 12 (fees to be accounted for), at the...
8In section 32(1) (provision of registers etc. by Registrar General),...
9In section 52 (sending of documents by post), after the...
SCHEDULE 3Repeals

Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977

1977 Chapter 15

An Act to make new provision for Scotland as respects the law relating to the constitution of marriage, and for connected purposes.

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—