Consecration of Churchyards Act, 1867

Validity of marriages in rebuilt churches.

12. [Recital.] All marriages, rites, and ceremonies heretofore or hereafter celebrated or performed in a consecrated church or chapel which may have been rebuilt, repaired, or enlarged prior to such celebration or performance, and wherein such marriages, rites, and ceremonies might have been legally solemnized or performed previously to such rebuilding, repair, or enlargement, shall be valid and effectual for all purposes, notwithstanding that upon such repair or enlargement the external walls of such church or chapel may not have remained entire, or the position of the communion table may have been altered, and notwithstanding that since such rebuilding, repair, or enlargement no reconsecration of such church or chapel may have taken place.