# Marriage Ceremony (Prescribed Words) Act 1996, Introduction: Introductory text


An Act to provide alternatives for the declaration and words of contract prescribed by law for marriage ceremonies in registered buildings and register offices, on approved premises and in certain other circumstances.
[18th July 1996]
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/1996/34/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-ceremony-prescribed-words-act-1996/introduction
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