Marriage Act 2015

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PART 2

Impediments to Marriage

Amendment of section 2(2) of Act of 2004

4. Section 2(2) of the Act of 2004 is amended by—

(a) the deletion of paragraph (e),

(b) the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (f):

“(f) one of the parties to the marriage is, or, other than where section 2B applies, both are, already party to a subsisting civil partnership, or”,

and

(c) the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (f) :

“(g) the marriage would be void by virtue of section 2A.”.