PART IIMarriage according to Rites of the Church of England
Preliminary
5Methods of authorising marriages
A marriage according to the rites of the Church of England may be solemnized—
(a)
after the publication of banns of matrimony;
(b)
on the authority of a special licence of marriage granted by the Archbishop of Canterbury or any other person by virtue of the Ecclesiastical Licences Act, 1533 (in this Act referred to as a " special licence ");
(c)
on the authority of a licence of marriage (other than a special licence) granted by an ecclesiastical authority having power to grant such a licence (in this Act referred to as a " common licence "); or
(d)
on the authority of a certificate issued by a superintendent registrar under Part III of this Act.