# Marriage Act 1983, Introduction: Introductory text


An Act to enable marriages of house-bound and detained persons to be solemnized at the place where they reside; and for connected purposes.
[13th May 1983]
Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/32/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-act-1983/introduction
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