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parties or party so alleged to be of the 
age of twenty-one years, if such register 
shall be in England, and can be found; 
and each of such extracts shall be proved 
upon oath, by some other person or per- 
sons, to be a true extract from such regis- 
ter, and to relate to the baptism of the 
party to wham the same shall be alleged 
to relate, or according to the belief of the 
person making such oath; but, if such re- 
gister shall not be in England, or cannot 
be found, then such licence shall not be 
granted, unless such fact shall be proved 
upon oath to the satisfaction of the person 
from whom such licence shall be souglit, 
and unless some person or persons, having 
knowledge of the patty or partics so 
alleged to be of the full age of twenty- 
one years, shall make oath of the fact that 
such party or parties is or are of that age 
to the knowledge or belief of such person 
or persons so making oath as aforesaid, 
stating the grounds for such knowledge or 
belief; and in all cases, except cases of 
special licences to be granted by the 
Archbishop of Canterbury and his officers, 
according to the proviso for that purpose 
in the said Act of the twenty-sixth year of 
King George the Second, oath shallalso be 
made, by each of the parties for whose 
marriage a licence shall be sought, of the 
residence of such parties for the space of 
four weeks immediately before the grant- 
ing of such licence, according to the said 
Act of twenty-sixth year of King George 
the Second. 
IX. Consent of parents or guardians 
shall be given in writing, signed in the 
presence of two witnesses, &c. 
X. All such oaths as are required by 
this Act for the purpose of obtaining any 
licence shall be respectively sworn and 
takeu before a surrogate of the person 
from whom any such licence as aforesaid 
shall be sought, or before a surrogate of 
some other person having power to grant 
licences of marriage ; and, if any!person or 
persons in any oath to be made and taken 
im pursuance of this Act, for the purpose 
of obtaining any licence of marriage, shall 
knowingly and wilfully swear any matter 
or thing which shall be false or untrue, 
every person so offending shall, on convic- 
tion thereof, be deemed guilty of perjury, 
and shall suffer the like pains and penal- 
tes, and incur the same disabilities, as 
persons guilty of wilful and corrupt per- 
Jury are subject to and incur; and if any 
person shall knowingly and wilfally obtain 
any licence for the marriage of such per- 
son, or of any other person, by means of 
any false oath, or by means of any false 
instrument in writing, contrary to the pro- 
Visions of this Act, knowing such oath or 
instrument to be false, such person being 
thereof convicted by due course of law, 
shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall 
be liable to transportation for life as a 
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felon; and, if the person convicted of such 
offence shall be one of the persons who 
shall have contracted marriage by means 
of such licence, suck person shall forfeit 
and lose to the king’s majesty all estate, 
right, title, interest, benefit, profit, and 
advantage, which such person may derive 
from or be entitled to by virtue of such 
marriage, and such forfeiture shall and 
may be disposed of in such manner as to 
his Majesty shall seem fit; any grant of 
forfeitures or other matter or thing to the 
contrary notwithstanding. 
XI. Oaths to be preserved by the pro- 
per officer. 
XII. Licences shall state the facts on 
which granted. 
XIII. Officer granting licences, not 
duly observing the provisions of this Act, 
guilty of a misdemeanor. 
XIV. No person shall, from and after 
the passing of this Act, be deemed autho- 
rized by law to grant any licence for the 
solemnization of any marriage, except the 
Archbishops of Canterbury and York, ac- 
cording to the rights now vested in them 
respectively, and except the several other 
bishops within their respective dioceses, 
for the marriage of persons one of whom 
shall be resident at the time within the 
diocese of the bishop in whose name such 
licence shall be granted. 
XV. Marriage by licence not to be im- 
eached on the ground of informality. 
XVI. Before publication of banns, 
affidavit as to residence, &c. shall be de- 
livered to the minister. 
XVII. Banns shall not be published 
until the true Christian and surnames of 
the said persons, and the house or houses 
of their respective abodes within such 
parish or chapelry or extra-parochial 
place as aforesaid, as stated in such 
affidavit, shall be affixed. on the principal 
door of the church or chapel, and in some 
conspicuous place within the said church 
or chapel, in which such banns shall be 
published as aforesaid, and shall remain so 
affixed until the expiration of the three 
Sundays on which such banns shall be 
published. 
XVIII. Affidavits to be delivered over 
to the churchwardens, 
XIX. After the solemnization of any 
marriage, under a publication of hanns, it 
shall not be necessary, in support of such 
marriage, to give any proof of any such 
affidavit, nor shall any evidence be re- 
ceived to prove that such affidavit was not 
made and delivered as required by this 
Act, in any suit touching the validity of 
such marriage ; nor shall such marriage be 
avoided for want of or by reason of any 
defect in any such affidavit, or on account 
of the true name or names of either party 
not being used in the publication of such 
banns, or for such name or names not 
having been affixed as aforesaid ; but it 
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