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Provisional Order (Marriages) Act 1905

5 Edw. 7 c. 23 · Enacted 11 August 1905 · Extends to United Kingdom

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An Act to enable Provisional Orders to be made for removing any invalidity or doubt attaching to Marriages by reason of some informality.

[11th August 1905]C1C2

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Modifications

C1

Act extended by Marriage Validity (Provisional Orders) Act 1924 (c. 20), s. 1

C2

Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3

Contents

  1. 1†Provisional orders for removing doubts as to validity of marriages.
  2. 2Short title.

1†Provisional orders for removing doubts as to validity of marriages.C2C1

(1)

F1Lord Chancellor may, in the case of marriages solemnised in England which appear to him to be invalid or of doubtful validity by reason of some informality, make F2an order for the purpose of removing the invalidity or doubt.

(2)

The draft of every such order shall be advertised, in such manner as the F3Lord Chancellor thinks fit, not less than one month before the order is made, and the Lord Chancellor shall consider all objections to the order sent to him in writing during that month, and shall, if it appears to him necessary, direct a local inquiry into the validity of any such objections.

F4(3)

An order of the Lord Chancellor under this Act shall be subject to special parliamentary procedure.

2Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Provisional Order (Marriages) Act, 1905.