Family Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1997
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Validity in law of certain marriages. |
3.—(1) Where, in relation to a marriage solemnised after the commencement of section 32 (whether before or after the passing of this Act) of the Act of 1995, the notification provided for in subsection (1) of that section is or was given to a Registrar appointed under section 57 of the Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1844, or section 10 of the Registration of Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1863 , or a person authorised by that Registrar to act on his or her behalf and that Registrar is or was not the Registrar (within the meaning of section 32 of the Act of 1995) in relation to that marriage, the marriage shall be and shall be deemed always to have been valid in law if it would have been so valid if the notification had been given to the Registrar (within the meaning aforesaid) in relation to that marriage. | |
(2) Where, in relation to a marriage, exemption from section 31 (1) (a) or 32 (1) (a) of the Act of 1995, or both of those provisions, was granted, before the passing of this Act, by a judge of the Circuit Family Court who, in relation to the application concerned, was not the appropriate judge having regard to section 38 (4) of the Act of 1995, the marriage shall be and shall be deemed always to have been valid in law if it would have been so valid if the exemption aforesaid had been granted by the judge who, in relation to the application, was the appropriate judge having regard to the said section 38 (4). |