# Marriage Act 1949, Section 49: Void marriages.

Extent: E+W

If any persons knowingly and wilfully intermarry under the provisions of this Part of this Act—
(a) without having given due notice of marriage to the superintendent registrar;
(b) without a marriage schedule having been duly issued by the superintendent registrar of the registration district in which the marriage was solemnized;
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d) on the authority of a marriage schedule which is void by virtue of subsection (2) of section thirty-three of this Act;
(e) in any place other than the church, chapel, registered building, office or other place specified in the notices of marriage and (if so specified) in the marriage schedule;
(ee) in the case of a marriage purporting to be in pursuance of section 26(1)(bb) of this Act, on any premises that at the time the marriage is solemnized are not approved premises;
(f) in the case of a marriage in a registered building (not being a marriage in the presence of an authorised person), in the absence of a registrar of the registration district in which the registered building is situated; ...
(g) in the case of a marriage in the office of a superintendent registrar, in the absence of the superintendent registrar or of a registrar of the registration district of that superintendent registrar; ...
(gg) in the case of a marriage on approved premises, in the absence of the superintendent registrar of the registration district in which the premises are situated or in the absence of a registrar of that district; or
(h) in the case of a marriage to which section 45A of this Act applies, in the absence of any superintendent registrar or registrar whose presence at that marriage is required by that section;
the marriage shall be void.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/49 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-act-1949/section-49
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