# Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986, Section 3: Marriage according to rites of Church of England or the Church in Wales.

Extent: E+W

In the Marriage Act 1949 after section 5 there shall be inserted the following section—
“ Marriages between certain persons related by affinity.
5A No clergyman shall be obliged—
(a) to solemnize a marriage which, apart from the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986, 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.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/16/section/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-prohibited-degrees-of-relationship-act-1986/section-3
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