Catholic Marriages Act 1844 (SA)

ANNO SEPTIMO ET b CTAVO F

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V I C T O R I B E I $ E G I N A L

No. 4.-118&.

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Be it thcrcforc Ihactcd by IIis Exccllcncy $he Govmmor of South ~ r ~ w a p. a o l ~ m n i ~ ~

Australia with tllc ndvicc and consent of tlie hgislatire Council meBta bersbfm, ,D hp Roman Catholic

thcreof: That all hInivingrs brforc the pnssing and publication of b o f a f o m -

this Orclinimce hid and solcmnizcd in this Piovi~rce by any Roman

Catholic l'ricst shall bc valid, anything to the 'contrary in the before-

recitcd Act not~vithstanding.	\
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11. And be i t Enacted that all the provision8 of the before-recited Such Marringcs hem- after, bctrecn

Act 5th Vict. No. 12 intituled An Act for scgulating Mnvringes ,, ,,, ,, btb uing

' in the Province of South Australia," which n& npplicable to Mar- 0 f t .h~ a m n u cath l io

1. ringca cclobratod by Clcrgymcn of the United Church of England Church to be orlid.

and Ireland, when cclcbratcd accor.rling to the; usages and forms of

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their Church, whether by bbms licences dispensations or otherwise, s l d l henceforth also be np$icable to all Xlariiages between persons both or one of such persongbeing members or a member of, or hold- ing communion with the ponlan catholic Church, celebrated by Roman Catholic Priests, w4en celebrated accorcling to the usages and forms of the Roman Ca$holic Church, whether by banns licences dispensations or otheikise, and that such Marriages shall be and shall be adjudged esteemed and &ken to be of the same force and effect

in Law as, and no other $than, if such 31ailiage were had and

solelkized by a ~lergymad-of the United Church of Eoglmd and

Ireland according to the fo&s .+ and usages of that Church.

W	GEORGE GREY,
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$' Governor and Commander-in-Chief