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Section 12 Solemnization of marriage after publication of banns.

England and Wales

(1)

Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Act, where banns of matrimony have been published, the marriage shall be solemnized in the church or chapel or, as the case may be, one of the churches or chapels in which the banns have been published.

(2)

Where a marriage is not solemnized within three months after the completion of the publication of the banns, that publication shall be void and no clergyman shall solemnize the marriage on the authority thereof.

Notes on Part II

Modifications

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Pt. II applied by Sharing of Church Buildings Act 1969 (c. 38), s. 6(2)