# Marriage Act 1949, Section 5B: Marriages involving person of acquired gender


(1) A clergyman is not obliged to solemnise the marriage of a person if the clergyman reasonably believes that the person’s gender has become the acquired gender under the Gender Recognition Act 2004.
(2) A clerk in Holy Orders of the Church in Wales is not obliged to permit the marriage of a person to be solemnised in the church or chapel of which the clerk is the minister if the clerk reasonably believes that the person’s gender has become the acquired gender under that Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/5B (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-act-1949/section-5B
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