Section 5A Marriages between certain persons related by affinity.F1
England and Wales
No clergyman shall be obliged—
(a)
to solemnize a marriage which, apart from the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 F2or the Marriage Act 1949 (Remedial) Order 2007, would have been void by reason of the relationship of the persons to be married; or
(b)
to permit such a marriage to be solemnized in the church or chapel of which he is the minister.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
S. 5A inserted by Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (c. 16, SIF 49:1), s. 3
- F2
Words in s. 5A inserted (1.3.2007) by The Marriage Act 1949 (Remedial) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/438), arts. 1(1), 2(b) (with art. 1(2))
Notes on Part II
Modifications
- C1
Pt. II applied by Sharing of Church Buildings Act 1969 (c. 38), s. 6(2)