Clergy Marriage Act 1551

Short description: United Kingdom legislation

The Clergy Marriage Act 1551[1]

Parliament of England

Long title| An Acte for the declaracion of a Statute made for the Marriage of Priestes and for the legittimacion of their Children.[2]
Citation| 5 & 6 Edw 6 c 12
Territorial extent|

* Great Britain
* Medieval England

Status: Repealed

Text of statute as originally enacted

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

The whole Act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by section 1 of, and Part II of the Schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969.

## Contents

* 1 Section 2
* 2 Section 4
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## 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This section was repealed by section 56 of, and Part I of Schedule 2 to, the Administration of Estates Act 1925.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This section was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1887.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

* Marriage Act
* Halsbury's Statutes

## 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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