Deceased Wifes Sisters Marriage Act 1857 (SA)

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An Act to leynlize t h p marriage of a &?an with tlze Sist~r of his

deceased -'Wiji!.

[Reserved, 27th January, 1858.1

HEREAS doubts haw arisen as to the validity in this Province

W of the marriage of R man with the sistcr of his deeeazwife, and bd- W-! !

i t is expedient to remove such doubts: Re it; therefore Enacted, b the h 41 - ,,. J ~ = - - e I p h _ - ~ _ ~

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Governor-in-Chief of the Province of South Australia, wit t e g;:

-6' of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly *l

of the said Province in this prcsent Parliament assembled-

1. That all marriages which have been heretofore, or which ~ ~ ~ $ ~ f ~ ~ ~ 8 e

shall be hereafter d& solemnized, within t& said l'rovince, between vtdid.

any person and his deceased wife's sistcr, shttll be deemed, and are

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hereby declared valid, and of full forcc and eff'ect, an qaw or cu

to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided always t at it shall 9-h. ,,

not be -- ~ ~ ..-- y ~ r ~ ~ i minister --. i t to celebrate s&h t i ~ ~ 8

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Adelaide : Printed by authority, by W. C. Cox, Government Printer, Victoria-square.

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RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, Governor.

The Bight Wonorable Lord 8ta.nlq to Sir Richard Graves MacDonneZ2, C.B.

Downinpetreet, 15th May, 1858.

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Sir-I have to acknowledge your Despatch, No. 211, of the 28th January last, transmitting

an Act pameiibp the Legislature of South Australia to legalize the marriage of a man with the

&er of %is deceased'wife," which you have reeerved for the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure the~eon. You are probtibgy aware that legal roceeding~ are now pending, in which the effea $f such marriages (when solemnized out of the Enited Kingdom) is under consideration.

A5 I h'ake reasqB t.0 believe that those proceedings wiu be carried into the House of Lords, and

h" shbrtly '4ecided there, Her Idajesty'a Government have delayed, for the present, their n u on the A;ct before them, as they are of opinion that the judgment of the House of

I&& in in E t question may have an important bearing on that decision. I have the honor, &c.

STWLEY.

Governor Si$ R. Q. MacDonnell, C.B., &C., &C., &C., South Aushalia.

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