Clergy Marriage Act 1551

The Clergy Marriage Act 1551 (5 & 6 Edw 6 c 12) was an Act of the Parliament of England.

The Clergy Marriage Act 1551[1]
Long titleAn Acte for the declaracion of a Statute made for the Marriage of Priestes and for the legittimacion of their Children.[2]
Citation5 & 6 Edw 6 c 12
Territorial extent
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The whole Act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by section 1 of, and Part II of the Schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969.

Section 2

This section was repealed by section 56 of, and Part I of Schedule 2 to, the Administration of Estates Act 1925.

Section 4

This section was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1887.

See also

References
  1. The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by section 5 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. Due to the repeal of those provisions, it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
  2. These words are printed against this Act in the second column of Schedule 2 to the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, which is headed "Title".
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