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Marriage Act 1949

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PART I

Acts of Parliament repealed

Session and Chapter.Short Title.Extent of Repeal.
32 Hen. 8, c. 38The Marriage Act, 1540The whole Act.
2 & 3 Edw. 6, c. 23.—The whole Act.
4 Geo. 4, c. 76The Marriage Act, 1823The whole Act.
5 Geo. 4, c. 32The Marriage Act, 1824The whole Act.
11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4, c. 18.The Marriage Confirmation Act, 1830.Section two.
11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4, c. 66.The Forgery Act, 1830In section twenty-one the words " marriage " and " or of the parties married ".
5 & 6 Will. 4, c. 54.The Marriage Act, 1835The whole Act.
6 & 7 Will. 4, c. 85.The Marriage Act, 1836The whole Act except sections three, seventeen and forty-five.
6 & 7 Will. 4, c. 86.The Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1836.Sections thirty, thirty-one, thirty-three, forty, forty-two and forty-four and Schedule C, and so much of sections seventeen, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-seven and thirty-eight as relates to registers of marriages or to certified copies thereof.
7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 22.The Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1837.Sections one, three, five, twenty-three, twenty-seven and thirty-three to thirty-six, and so much of sections twenty-six, twenty-eight and twenty-nine as relates to registers of marriages or to certified copies thereof.
3 & 4 Vict. c. 72The Marriage Act, 1840The whole Act.
19 & 20 Vict. c. 119.The Marriage and Registration Act, 1856.The whole Act except sections fifteen, sixteen, twenty-four and twenty-five.
20 Vict. c. 19.The Extra-Parochial Places Act, 1857.Sections nine and ten.
23 & 24 Vict. c 18.The Marriage (Society of Friends) Act, 1860.The whole Act.
23 & 24 Vict. c. 24.The Marriage Confirmation Act, 1860.The whole Act.
35 & 36 Vict. c. 10.The Marriage (Society of Friends) Act, 1872.The whole Act.
37 & 38 Vict. c. 88.The Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1874Section thirty-two so far as it relates to the making of indexes of registers of marriages, section forty-one so far as it relates to documents relating to marriages, and the Second Schedule so far as it relates to fees payable for searches in marriage registers and for certified copies of entries therein.
49 & 50 Vict. c. 3.The Marriages Validity Act, 1886.The whole Act.
49 & 50 Vict. c. 14.The Marriage Act, 1886The whole Act.
61 & 62 Vict. c. 58.The Marriage Act, 1898The whole Act.
62 & 63 Vict. c. 27.The Marriages Validity Act, 1899.The whole Act so far as it relates to marriages solemnized in England.
7 Edw. 7, c. 47The Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act, 1907.The whole Act.
8 Edw. 7, c. 26The Naval Marriages Act, 1908.The whole Act so far as it relates to marriages solemnized in England.
11 & 12 Geo. 5, c. 24.The Deceased Brother's Widow's Marriage Act, 1921.The whole Act.
15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 45.The Guardianship of Infants Act, 1925.Section nine, in subsection (2) of section eleven the words except so far as it amends the law relating to the marriage of infants " and the Schedule.
19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 36.The Age of Marriage Act, 1929.In section one, in subsection (1) the words from the beginning to " Provided that " and paragraph (a) of subsection (2).
21 & 22 Geo. 5, c. 31.The Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act, 1931.Section one and in subsection (1) of section three the words from " and this Act " to the end of the subsection and subsections (2) (3) and (4) of that section.
22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 31.The Marriage (Naval, Military, and Air Force Chapels) Act, 1932.The whole Act.
24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 13.The Marriage (Extension of Hours) Act, 1934.In section one, subsection (1) and in subsection (2) the words " the Marriage Act, 1886 and ", section two, and in section three the words " and this Act and the Marriage Acts, 1811 to 1932 may be cited together as the Marriage Acts, 1811 to 1934
2 & 3 Geo. 6, c. 33.The Marriage Act, 1939Section one, so far as it relates to marriages solemnized in England, in subsection (3) of section two the words " section eight of the Marriage and Registration Act, 1856, section three of the Naval Marriages Act, 1908 and " and section three.
2 & 3 Geo. 6, c. 35.The Marriages Validity Act, 1939.The whole Act.
4 & 5 Geo. 6 c. 47.The Marriage (Members of His Majesty's Forces) Act, 1941.The whole Act.

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