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MARRIAGE (SOCIETY OF FRIENDS) ACT 1872

MARRIAGE (SOCIETY OF FRIENDS) ACT 1872 - LONG TITLE

An Act to extend the provisions of the Acts relating to Marriages
in . . . Ireland, so far as they relate to Marriages according to
the usages of the Society of Friends.{1}
[13th May 1872]
Preamble, which recites the Marriage (Society of Friends) Act 1860
(c.18) (which provides for marriages according to the usages of the
Society of Friends, where one only or where neither of the parties
is a member of the said Society, provided the party or parties,
not a member or members, shall profess with or be of the
persuasion of the said Society), rep. by SLR 1893 (No.2)

MARRIAGE (SOCIETY OF FRIENDS) ACT 1872 - SECT 1
Requirements for marriages according to usages of Society of Friends.

1. ... Provided that no marriage shall be valid under this Act
unless when notice of the intention to solemnise such marriage is
given... to the Registrar of Marriages in Ireland, as required by
law, a certificate shall be produced to such... Registrar of
Marriages purporting to be signed by some registering officer of the
said Society of Friends... in Ireland... to the effect that the
party by whom or on whose behalf such notice is given, or each
such party (as the case may be), is authorised thereto under or in
pursuance of some general rule or rules of the said Society in ...
Ireland..., and such certificate shall be for all purposes conclusive
evidence that the party by whom or on whose behalf such notice is
given, or each such party (as the case may be), is duly authorised
to proceed to the accomplishment of such marriage according to the
usages of the said Society, and the register of such marriage, or
a copy thereof duly certified according to law, shall be conclusive
evidence of the due production of such certificate as aforesaid; but
no such certificate shall be required in cases where the party
giving such notice shall declare, either verbally or in writing if
thereunto required, that both the parties to the intended marriage
are either members of the said Society or in profession with or of
the persuasion thereof.