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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]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Act extended by Marriage Validity (Provisional Orders) Act 1924 (c. 20), s. 1
C2Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3
(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 [F3Lord 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 [F3Lord Chancellor] under this Act shall be subject to special parliamentary procedure.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 1(1) substituted (26.11.2001) by S.I. 2001/3500, art. 8, Sch. 2 para. 2(a)
F2Words substituted by S.I. 1949/2393 (1949 I, p. 3975)
F3Words in s. 1(2)(3) substituted (26.11.2001) by S.I. 2001/3500, art. 8, Sch. 2 para. 2(b)
F4S. 1(3) substituted by S.I. 1949/2393 (1949 I, p. 3975)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3A dagger appended to a marginal note means that it is no longer accurate
C4S. 1: transfer of functions (26.11.2001) by S.I. 2001/3500, arts. 3, 4, Sch. 1 para. 10
This Act may be cited as the Provisional Order (Marriages) Act, 1905.