Clergy Marriage Act 1551

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Clergy Marriage Act 1551[1]
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Acte for the declaracion of a Statute made for the Marriage of Priestes and for the legittimacion of their Children.[2]
Citation5 & 6 Edw. 6. c. 12
Territorial extent 
Dates
Royal assent15 April 1552
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law (Repeals) Act 1969
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Clergy Marriage Act 1551 (5 & 6 Edw. 6. c. 12) was an Act of the Parliament of England.

The whole Act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by section 1 of, and Part II of the Schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969.

Section 2[edit]

This section was repealed by section 56 of, and Part I of Schedule 2 to, the Administration of Estates Act 1925.

Section 4[edit]

This section was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1887.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
  2. ^ These words are printed against this Act in the second column of Schedule 2 to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".