1Validation of past marriages solemnised by chaplains and other officers of H.M. Forces serving abroad.
1
Subject as hereinafter provided, section twenty-two of the [55 & 56 Vict. c. 23.] Foreign Marriage Act, 1892 (which validates marriages solemnised within the British lines by chaplains, officers and other persons officiating under the orders of the commanding officer of a British army serving abroad) shall, as respects marriages solemnised before the commencement of this 'Act, be deemed always to have had effect as if—
a
the reference to a British army serving abroad were construed as referring to any part of the naval, military or air forces of His Majesty so serving ; and
b
the reference to the British lines were construed as referring to any place at which any part of the said forces serving abroad was stationed.
2
Where either of the parties to a marriage which has been rendered valid by this section has subsequently, during the life of the other party, but before the twenty-fourth day of April nineteen hundred and forty-seven, entered into a marriage with any other person which, but for this section, would have been a valid marriage, the first marriage shall be deemed to have been dissolved immediately before the solemnisation of the second marriage.