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MATRIMONIAL CAUSES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1978 - SECT 17

17.(1) Where, apart from this Order, any matter affecting the validity of a
marriage would fall to be determined (in accordance with the rules of private
international law) by reference to the law of a country other than Northern
Ireland, nothing in Article 13, 14 or 16(1) shall

(a)preclude the determination of that matter as aforesaid; or

(b)require the application to the marriage of the grounds or bar there
mentioned except so far as applicable in accordance with those rules.

(2) In the case of a marriage which purports to have been celebrated under the
Foreign Marriage Acts 1892 to 1947 or has taken place outside Northern Ireland
and purports to be a marriage under common law, Article 13 is without
prejudice to any ground on which the marriage may be void under those Acts or,
as the case may be, by virtue of the rules governing the celebration of
marriages outside Northern Ireland under common law.

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