Deceased Wifes Sisters Marriage Act 1863 (SA)

ANNO VICESIMO SEXTO ET VICESIMO SEPTIMO

A.D. 1863.

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No. 27.

An Act to legalize the Marriage o f a Mars with the 8ister of his deceased W@.

[Reserved, 12th November, 1863.1

I-IEREAS doubts have arisen as to the validity in the Province Preamble.

W of South Australia of the marriage of a man with the sister

of his deceased wXe, and it is expedient to remove such doubts-Be

it therefore Enacted by the Governor-in-Chief of the Province of

South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative

Council and House of Assembly of the said Province, in this present

Parliament assembled, as follows:

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1. All marriages which have been heretofore, or which shall be M - ~ M ~; h tie-

hereafter duly solemnized, within the said Province, between any r$: wife'@ hter

person and his deceased wife's sister shall be deemed, and are hereby

declared valid, and of full force and effect, any law or custom to the

contrary notwithstanding.

I hereby reserve this Act for the signification of the Queen's

pleasure.

D. DALY, Governor.

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