Marriage Act 1983
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the by reason of illness or disability, he or she ought not to move or be moved from his or her home or the other place where he or she is at that time, andit is likely that it will be the case for at least the three months following the date on which the statement is made that by reason of the illness or disability he or she ought not to move or be moved from that place; andhe or she is not a detained person.otherwise than by virtue of section 2, 4, 5, 35, 36 or 136 of the in a prison or other place to which the (4) In subsection (3) above “hospital” and “patient” have the same meanings as in Part II of the Mental Health Act 1983.(5) For the purposes of this section, a person who is house-bound or is a detained person shall be taken, if he or she would not otherwise be, to be usually resident at the place where he or she is for the time being.(6) Nothing in the preceding provisions of this section shall be taken to relate or have any reference to any marriage according to the usages of the Society of Friends or any marriage between two persons professing the Jewish religion according to the usages of the Jews.(7) Schedule 1 to this Act (amendment of the (1) Any reference in the (2) In Schedule 3 to the (3) At the end of subsection (2) of section 1 of the (4) In section 11 of the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1) This Act may be cited as the Marriage Act 1983 and this Act as it extends to England and Wales and the Marriages Acts 1949 to 1970 may be cited as the Marriage Acts 1949 to 1983.(2) F3Sections 3 to 11 above shall be construed as one with the Acts relating to marriage in Northern Ireland.(3) Nothing in this Act shall affect any law or custom relating to the marriage of members of the Royal Family.(4) Nothing in this Act shall affect the right of the Archbishop of Canterbury or any other person by virtue of the (5) This Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint, and different days may be appointed for different purposes.(6) This Act shall not extend to Scotland.(7) Sections 1 and 2 above and Schedule 1 to this Act, except paragraph 9, shall not extend to Northern Ireland and sections 3 to 11 above and Schedule 2 to this Act, except paragraph 11, shall not extend to England and Wales.(1) The after the words “may be published” there shall be inserted the words “or in the case of a marriage in pursuance of section 26(1) (dd) of this Act the place specified in the notice of marriage and certificate as the place where the marriage is to be solemnized”; andafter the words “thereof or” there shall be inserted the words “(wherever the marriage is solemnized) ”.at the beginning of paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the words “except in the case of a marriage in pursuance of section 26(1) (dd) of this Act,”; andin paragraph (d) for the words “or other building specified in the notice of marriage and certificate” there shall be substituted the words “building or other place specified in the notice of marriage and certificate as the place where the marriage is to be solemnized”.
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