Marriage Act
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Marriage Act may refer to a number of pieces of legislation:

England and Wales

• The Marriage Act 1697, a penal law passed in 1697 discouraging interfaith marriages. All interfaith marriages would be considered legally Catholic. The married couple would have to live under the tough Catholic laws.
• The Marriage Act 1753, which abolished common-law marriage in England and Wales
• The Marriage Confirmation Act 1830
• The Marriage and Registration Act 1856
• The Foreign Marriage Act 1892
• The Marriage with Foreigners Act 1906
• The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act 1915

The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Amendment Act 1916

• The Marriage Act 1939
• The Foreign Marriage Act 1947
• The Marriage Act 1949, which abolished marriages for those under 16 years of age in England and Wales.

The Marriage Act 1949 (Amendment) Act 1954

• The Marriage Acts Amendment Act 1958
• The Marriage (Secretaries of Synagogues) Act 1959
• The Marriage (Enabling) Act 1960
• The Marriage (Wales and Monmouthshire) Act 1962
• The Marriage (Registrar General's Licence) Act 1970
• The Marriage Act 1983
• The Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986
• The Marriage (Wales) Act 1986
• The Foreign Marriage (Amendment) Act 1988
• The Marriage (Registration of Buildings) Act 1990
• The Marriage Act 1994
• The Marriage Ceremony (Prescribed Words) Act 1996
• The City of London (Approved Premises for Marriage) Act 1996
• The Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007

Scotland

• The Marriage (Scotland) Act 1956
• The Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977
• The Marriage (Scotland) Act 2002

Northern Ireland

• The Deceased Brother's Widow's Marriage Act (Northern Ireland) 1924
• The Marriage (Declaration of Law) Act (Northern Ireland) 1944
• The Age of Marriage Act (Northern Ireland) 1951

Australia

• The Marriage Act 1961, Australia's law that governs legal marriage.

United States

• The Defense of Marriage Act passed in the United States to limit Federal marriage recognition to male-female couplings and thus proscribe the possibility of Federal same-sex marriage in the United States
• The Affirmation of Marriage Act passed in Virginia

Canada

• The Civil Marriage Act passed in Canada explicitly permitting same-sex marriages.

See also

• Royal Marriages Act 1772
• Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act 1907

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