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there shall be no such guardian or guardi- 
ans, then of the mother (if living and un- 
married), or if there shall be no mother 
living aud unmarried, then of a guardian 
or guardians of the person appointed by 
the Court of Chancery, shall be absolutely 
null and void, to all intents and purposes 
whatsoever : and whereas great evils and 
injustice have arisen from such provisions : 
for remedy hereof, be it enacted by the 
king's most excellent Majesty, by and with 
the advice and consent of the lords spiri- 
tual and temporal, and commons, in this 
present parliament assembled, and by the 
authority of the same, that so much of the 
said Statute as is herein-before recited, as 
far as the same relates to any marriage to 
be hereafter solemnized, shall be and the 
same is hereby repealed. 
II. In all cases of marriage had and so- 
lemnized by licence before the passing of 
this Act, without any such conseut as is re- 
quired by so much of the said Statute as is 
herein-before recited, and where the par- 
ties shall have continued to live together 
as busband and wife, till the death of one 
of them, or till the passing of this Act, or 
shall only have discontinued their cohabi- 
tation for the purpose, or during the pend- 
ing of any proceedings touching the vali- 
dity of such marriage, such marriage, if not 
otherwise invalid, shall be deemed to be 
good and valid to all intents and purposes 
whatsoever. , 
III. But nothing in this Act shall ex- 
tend or be construed to extend to render 
valid any marriage declared invalid by any 
court of competent jurisdiction, before 
the passing of this Act, nor any marriage 
where either of the parties shall at any 
time afterwards, during the life of the 
other party, have lawfully intermarried 
with any other person. 
IV. Nor shall be taken or deemed to 
render any marriage valid, the invalidity 
of which has been established before the 
passing of this Act, upon the trial of any 
issue touching its validity, or touching the 
legitimacy of any person alleged to be 
the descendant of the parties to such 
marriage. 
V. Nor shall be taken or deemed to 
render valid any marriage, the validity of 
which, or the legitimacy of any person 
alleged to be the lawful descendant of the 
parties married, has been duly brought 
into question in proceedings in any causes 
or suits in law or equity in which judg- 
ments or decrees or orders of court have 
been pronounced or made, before the 
passing of this Act, in consequence of or 
from the effect of proof in evidence having 
been made in such causes or suits of the in- 
validity of such marriage, or the illegiti- 
macy of such descendant. 
VI. But ifatany time before the passing 
of this Act any property, real or personal, 
has heen in any manner possessed, or any 
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title of honour has been in any manner en- 
joyed by any person or persons whomso- 
ever, upon the ground, or upon the pre- 
tence, or under colour, of the invalidity of 
any marriage, by reason that it was had 
and solemnized without such consent as 
aforesaid, then and in such case, although 
no sentence or judgment has been pro- 
nounced in any court against the validity 
of such marriage, the right and interest in 
such property or title of honour shall in no 
manner be affected or prejudiced by this 
Act, or any thing herein contained, but 
shall remain and be the same to all per- 
sons, and to all intents and purposes, as if 
this Act had never been made. 
VII. Nor shall extend or be construed 
to extend to affect or call in question any 
Act done before the passing of this Act 
under the authority of any court, or in the 
administration of any personal estate or 
effects, or the execution of any will or 
testament, or the performance of any trust. 
VIII. No licence for any marriage shall, 
from and after the first day of September 
in the year of our Lord 1822, be granted 
by any person having authority to yrant 
the same, until oath shall have been made 
by the persons and to the effect required 
by this Act; and if such licence shall be 
required for the marriage of parties, both 
or either of whom shall be alleged to be 
of the age of twenty-one years, such parties 
shall respectively make oath, that they are 
respectively, and that each of them be- 
lieves the other to be, of the full age of 
twenty-one years or upwards ; and if both 
parties shall be under the age of twenty- 
one years, but shall be alleged to be a 
widower and widow, then each of such 
parties shall make oath accordingly, as to 
himself and herself, and as to his and her 
belief with respect to the other party ; 
and if one of tie parties shall be of the 
age of twenty-one years, but the other 
party shall be under that age, and a 
widower or widow, both parties shall 
make oath accordingly, as to himself and 
herself, and as to his and her belief with 
respect to the other party; and if both or 
either of the parties shall be under the 
age of twenty-one years, not being a 
widower or widow, both of such par- 
ties shall make oath accordingly, as to 
himself and herself, and as to his and her 
belief with respect to the other party ; and 
in such case both parties shall also make 
oath that the person or persons whose con- 
sent shall be required by law to the mar- 
riage of such parties has been given, and 
has been signified in the manner required 
by this Act; and if both or either of the 
parties shall be alleged to be of the age of 
twenty-one years, such licence shall not 
be granted until there shall be produced, 
to the person from whom such licence 
shall be ‘required, an extract or extracts 
from the register of the baptism of such 
. parties 
