C1Part II Marriage according to Rites of the Church of England

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Miscellaneous Provisions

25 Void marriages.

F51

A marriage shall be void in any of the following cases.

F42

F6Case A is where any persons knowingly and wilfully intermarry according to the rites of the Church of England (otherwise than by special licence)—

a

F1except in the case of a marriage in pursuance of section 26(1)(dd) of this Act, in any place other than a church or other building in which banns may be published;

b

without banns having been duly published, a common licence having been obtained, or F8a marriage schedule having been duly issued under Part III of this Act F9...; or

c

on the authority of a publication of banns which is void by virtue of F13... subsection (2) of section twelve of this Act, on the authority of a common licence which is void by virtue of subsection (3) of section sixteen of this Act, or on the authority of F10a marriage schedule which is void by virtue of subsection (2) of section thirty-three of this Act;

d

in the case of a marriage on the authority of F11a marriage schedule, in any place other than the church F3building or other place specified in the F2notices of marriage F12and (if so specified) in the marriage schedule as the place where the marriage is to be solemnized.

F73

Case B is where any persons knowingly and wilfully consent to or acquiesce in the solemnization of a Church of England marriage between them by a person who is not in Holy Orders.

4

Case C is where any persons of the same sex consent to or acquiesce in the solemnization of a Church of England marriage between them.

5

In subsections (3) and (4) “Church of England marriage” means a marriage according to the rites of the Church of England.