Marriages Act, 1972

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Number 30 of 1972

MARRIAGES ACT, 1972

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section
1.	Marriages where either party is under sixteen not to be valid in law.
2.	Validity as to form of certain marriages.
3.	Provisions for certain marriages where neither party was resident in appropriate parish or district.
4.	Deputy for secretary of synagogue.
5.	Secretary of synagogue (Dublin Jewish Progressive Congregation).
6.	Amendment of section 13 of Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1844, and section 2 of Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1863.
7.	Amendment of sections 19 and 20 of Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1844.
8.	Amendment of references to meeting houses in Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1844.
9.	Extension of section 10 of the Registration of Births and Deaths (Ireland) Act, 1863.
10.	Amendment of section 3 of Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1863.
11.	Amendment of section 33 of Matrimonial Causes and Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1870.
12.	Amendment of section 35 of Matrimonial Causes and Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1870.
13.	Amendment of section 36 of Matrimonial Causes and Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1870.
14.	Amendment of section 37 of Matrimonial Causes and Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1870.
15.	Licensing and registration of buildings in which marriages may be solemnised.
16.	Special marriage licence where one party is seriously ill.
17.	Hours of solemnisation—repeals and amendment.
18.	Substitutions for certain references to age.
19.	Short title and commencement.

Acts Referred to
Registration of Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1863	1863, c. 90
Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1844	1844, c. 81
Matrimonial causes and Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1870	1870, c. 110
Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1863	1863, c. 27
Registration of Births and Deaths (Ireland) Act, 1863	1863, c. 11
Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1918	1918, c. 2

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Number 30 of 1972

MARRIAGES ACT, 1972

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO MARRIAGES. [20th December, 1972]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: