An Act to enable Provisional Orders to be made for removing any invalidity or doubt attaching to Marriages by reason of some informality.
[11th August 1905]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Act extended by Marriage Validity (Provisional Orders) Act 1924 (c. 20), s. 1
C2Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3
(1)A Secretary of State may, in the case of marriages solemnised in England which appear to him to be invalid or of doubtful validity by reason of some informality, make [F1an order] for the purpose of removing the invalidity or doubt.
(2)The draft of every such order shall be advertised, in such manner as the Secretary of State thinks fit, not less than one month before the order is made, and the Secretary of State shall consider all objections to the order sent to him in writing during that month, and shall, if it appears to him necessary, direct a local inquiry into the validity of any such objections.
[F2(3)An order of the Secretary of State under this Act shall be subject to special parliamentary procedure.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by S.I. 1949/2393 (1949 I, p. 3975)
F2S. 1(3) substituted by S.I. 1949/2393 (1949 I, p. 3975)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3A dagger appended to a marginal note means that it is no longer accurate
This Act may be cited as the Provisional Order (Marriages) Act, 1905.