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Definitions.
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24. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
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The expression “Registrar-General” means the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages in England:
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The expression “Attorney General” means Her Majesty’s Attorney General, or if there is no such Attorney General, or the Attorney General is unable or incompetent to act, Her Majesty’s Solicitor General, for England:
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The expression “the Marriage Registration Acts” means the Act of the session of the sixth and seventh years of the reign of King William the Fourth, chapter eighty-six, intituled “An Act for registering births, deaths, and marriages in England” and the enactments amending the same:
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The expression “official house of a marriage officer” means, subject to the provisions of any marriage regulations, the office at which the business of such officer is transacted, and the official house of residence of such officer, and, in the case of any officer, who is an officer for solemnizing marriages in the official house of an ambassador, means the official house of the ambassador:
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The expression “consul” means a consul-general, consul, vice-consul, pro-consul, or consular agent:
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The expression “ambassador” includes a minister and a chargé d’affaires:
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The expression “prescribed” means prescribed by marriage regulations under this Act.
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[Ss. 25, 26 (1) (a) (c) (d) rep. 8 Edw. 7. c. 49 (S.L.R.).]
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26.—(1) [Repeal of Acts.]
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(b) any proceedings taken with reference to a marriage, any register book book kept, and any warrant issued in pursuance of the Acts hereby repealed, shall have effect as if taken, kept, and issued in pursuance of the Act; and
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(2) Every marriage in fact solemnized and registered by or before a British consul or other marriage officer in intended pursuance of any Act hereby repealed shall, notwithstanding such repeal or any defect in the authority of the consul or the solemnization of the marriage elsewhere than at the consulate, be as valid as if the said Act had not been repealed and the marriage had been solemnized at the consulate by or before a duly authorized consul;
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Provided that this enactment shall not render valid any marriage declared invalid before the passing of this Act by any competent court, or render valid any marriage either of the parties to which has, before the passing of this Act, lawfully intermarried with any other person.
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