SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 7Transitional and consequential provision etc
PART 2Minor and consequential amendments
Marriage Act 1949 (c. 76)
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Section 25 (void marriages) is amended as follows.
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At the beginning insert—
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A marriage shall be void in any of the following cases.
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The existing wording of section 25 becomes subsection (2) of that section; and, at the beginning of that subsection, for “If any persons” substitute—
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Case A is where any persons
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For the words after paragraph (d) substitute—
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Case B is where any persons knowingly and wilfully consent to or acquiesce in the solemnization of a Church of England marriage between them by a person who is not in Holy Orders.
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Case C is where any persons of the same sex consent to or acquiesce in the solemnization of a Church of England marriage between them.
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In subsections (3) and (4) “Church of England marriage” means a marriage according to the rites of the Church of England.