http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/5/23Provisional Order (Marriages) Act 1905An Act to enable Provisional Orders to be made for removing any invalidity or doubt attaching to Marriages by reason of some informality.1974-12-31texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2011-05-262001-11-26 1905 c.23An 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]11Lord 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 an order for the purpose of removing the invalidity or doubt.2The draft of every such order shall be advertised, in such manner as the Lord 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.3An order of the Lord Chancellor under this Act shall be subject to special parliamentary procedure.2This Act may be cited as the Provisional Order (Marriages) Act, 1905.Act extended by Marriage Validity (Provisional Orders) Act 1924 (c. 20), s. 1Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3A dagger appended to a marginal note means that it is no longer accurateS. 1: transfer of functions (26.11.2001) by S.I. 2001/3500, arts. 3, 4, Sch. 1 para. 10Words in s. 1(1) substituted (26.11.2001) by S.I. 2001/3500, art. 8, Sch. 2 para. 2(a)Words substituted by S.I. 1949/2393 (1949 I, p. 3975)Words in s. 1(2)(3) substituted (26.11.2001) by S.I. 2001/3500, art. 8, Sch. 2 para. 2(b)S. 1(3) substituted by S.I. 1949/2393 (1949 I, p. 3975)