Abductions Act 1745
ABDUCTIONS ACT 1745 | ||
CHAP. XIII. | ||
An Act for annulling all marriages to be celebrated by any popish priest between protestant and protestant, or between protestant and papist; and to amend and make more effectual an act passed in this kingdom in the sixth year of the reign of her late Majesty Queen Anne, intituled, An act for the more effectual preventing the taking away and marrying children against the wills of their parents or guardians. | ||
Marriage between a papist and protestant within 12 months before, or between 2 protestants, by popish priest, void. | ||
23 G. 2. 10. Felony in the priest notwithstanding, as by 12 G. 1.3. | ||
WHEREAS the laws now in being to prevent popish priests from celebrating marriages between protestant and protestant, or between protestant and papist, have hitherto been found ineffectual: for remedy whereof be it enacted by the King’s most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the lords spiritual and temporal and commons in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, That every marriage, that shall be celebrated after the first day of May, which shall be in the year of our Lord God one thousand seven hundred and forty six, between a papist and any person who hath been, or hath prosessed him or herself to be, a protestant at any time within twelve months before such celebration of marriage, or between two protestants, if celebrated by a popish priest, shall be and is hereby declared absolutely null and void to all intents and purposes without any process, judgment, or sentence of law whatfoever. |