Marriages Act, 1972
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Provisions for certain marriages where neither party was resident in appropriate parish or district. |
3.—No marriage which was solemnised before the commencement of this section in— | |
(a) a church of the Church of Ireland, being a church which existed immediately before the passing of the Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1844, or | ||
(b) a church or chapel licensed under section 33 of the Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1844, or section 34 of the Matrimonial Causes and Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1870 , | ||
shall be or be deemed ever to have been invalid or ineffective by reason only of the fact that neither of the parties was resident in— | ||
(i) in the case of a marriage solemnised in a church referred to in paragraph (a) of this section—the parish or district attached to the church, or | ||
(ii) in the case of a marriage solemnised in a church or chapel referred to in paragraph (b) of this section—the district specified in the licence of the church or chapel. |