# Marriage Act 1949, Section 17: Marriage under marriage schedule.

Extent: E+W

A marriage according to the rites of the Church of England may be solemnized on the authority of a marriage schedule in force under Part III of this Act in any church or chapel in which banns of matrimony may be published or in the case of a marriage in pursuance of section 26(1)(dd) of this Act the place specified in the notices of marriage and (if so specified) in the marriage schedule as the place where the marriage is to be solemnized:
Provided that a marriage shall not be solemnized as aforesaid in any such church or chapel without the consent of the minister thereof or (wherever the marriage is solemnized) by any person other than a clergyman.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-act-1949/section-17
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