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MATRIMONIAL CAUSES AND MARRIAGE LAW (IRELAND) AMENDMENT ACT 1870 - SECT 33 

Provisions relating to the solemnization of marriages.

33. The provisions following shall apply to all marriages solemnized in any of
the said churches or chapels:

<1.The ceremony of marriage shall be preceded by


(1)Publication of banns in any church or chapel in which a marriage may be
solemnized under the provisions of this Act, which publication shall be made
in the manner and according to the rules at the time of the passing of
this Act in force in Ireland in relation to the publication of banns in parish
churches and chapels of the United Church of England and Ireland; or by

(2)Licence or special licence granted in manner by this Act provided; or by

(3)Certificate from the registrar to be granted by him in like manner and
subject to the like conditions as such certificate may, at the time of the
passing of this Act, be granted:

<2.The several provisions contained in the Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1844, and the Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1863, and which at the time of the passing of this Act are applicable to persons in Holy Orders of the United Church of England and Ireland, and relate to the celebration of marriages by them, shall (except so far as the same are expressly altered or varied by this Act) apply to and be in force with respect to the celebration of marriages by any clergyman having authority to officiate, or who shall be permitted by such clergyman to officiate in any aforesaid church or chapel in which marriage may be solemnized under the provisions of this Act, save only that such marriages may be celebrated at any time between the hours of eight o'clock in the forenoon and [six in the afternoon].

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