# The Foreign Marriage (Armed Forces) (Amendment) Order 1990, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order is made under the Foreign Marriage Acts 1892 to 1947 and the Foreign Marriage (Amendment) Act 1988.
Section 22 of the Foreign Marriage Act 1892, as amended by the Foreign Marriage Act 1947 and the Foreign Marriage (Amendment) Act 1988, provides that marriages celebrated before a chaplain in a foreign territory shall be as valid as if celebrated in the United Kingdom, provided that at least one of the parties is a member of the naval, military or air forces of Her Majesty serving in that territory, or is employed in that territory in such other capacity as may be prescribed. This Order extends the list of persons prescribed in the Foreign Marriage (Armed Forces) Order 1964 to whom, in addition to members of the armed forces, section 22 is to apply.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/599/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/foreign-marriage-armed-forces-amendment-order-1990/note
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