(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.