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Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986

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1. Marriage between certain persons related by affinity not to be void.
2. Marriage between certain persons related by affinity—Scotland.
3. Marriage according to rites of Church of England or the Church in Wales.
4. Amendment of s. 3 of Perjury Act 1911.
5. Amendment of Schedule 1 to Senior Courts Act 1981.
6. Short title, citation, commencement and extent.

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1
Amendments of Marriage Act 1949

1.The Marriage Act 1949 shall have effect subject to the...
2.In section 1 (prohibited degrees) after subsection (1) there shall...
3.In section 5 (marriages according to rites of Church of...
4.In section 16 (common Licences)— (a) after subsection (1) there...
5.After section 27A there shall be inserted the following sections—...
6.In section 39 (notice of marriage given on board Her...
7.In section 78 (interpretation) after the definition of “brother” there...
8.In the First Schedule— (a) in Part I—

SCHEDULE 2
Amendments of Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977

1.The Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 shall be amended as follows....
2.In section 2 (prohibited degrees for marriage of related persons)—...
3.In section 3(1) (notice of intention to marry), after paragraph...
4.In section 5 (objections to marriage)- (a) at the beginning...
5.In section 6(1) (the Marriage Schedule), after “5(3)(b)” there shall...
6.In section 7(1) (marriage outside Scotland where a party resides...
7.For paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 (relationships by affinity) there...