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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Matrimonial Causes Act 1965 (c.72)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

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Matrimonial Causes Act 1965

1965 CHAPTER 72

Contents

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  1. Part I

    Divorce, nullity and other matrimonial suits

    1. Divorce

      1. 1—7.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 8. Remarriage of divorced persons

      3. 9—14... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  2. Part II

    Ancillary relief

    1. 15—22... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. Maintenance agreements

      1. 23.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 24.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      3. 25. Alteration of agreements by court after death of one party

    3. Maintenance from estate of deceased former spouse

      1. 26. Orders for maintenance from deceased’s estate

      2. 27. Discharge and variation of orders under s. 26

      3. 28. Additional provisions as to orders under ss. 26 and 27

      4. 28A.

      5. 29—32... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  3. Part III

    Protection of children

    1. 33—37... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 38.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  4. Part IV

    Miscellaneous and general

    1. Miscellaneous

      1. 39—41... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 42.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      3. 43. Evidence

      4. 44.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. General

      1. 45.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 46.†Short title, interpretation, commencement and extent

  5. SCHEDULE 1

  6. SCHEDULE 2

[F1An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to matrimonial causes, maintenance and declarations of legitimacy and British nationality, with corrections and improvements made under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949.]

[8th November 1965]

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F1Long title repealed by Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c. 18), s. 54(1), Sch. 3 but reproduced for the purpose of constraining the remaining provisions of this Act

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Words of enactment repealed by Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c. 18), Sch. 3

Part I Divorce, nullity and other matrimonial suits

Divorce

1—7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F1Ss. 1–8(1), 9–24, 25(2)(3) repealed by Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c. 18), s. 54(1), Sch. 3

8 Remarriage of divorced persons

(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

(2)No clergyman of the Church of England or the Church in Wales shall be compelled—

(a)to solemnise the marriage of any person whose former marriage has been dissolved and whose former spouse is still living; or

(b)to permit the marriage of such a person to be solemnised in the church or chapel of which he is the minister.

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F1Ss. 1–8(1), 9–24, 25(2)(3) repealed by Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c. 18), s. 54(1), Sch. 3

9—14.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

F1Ss. 1–8(1), 9–24, 25(2)(3) repealed by Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c. 18), s. 54(1), Sch. 3

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