Marriages Act, 1936

Operation of licence of the Parish Church of St. Thomas, Dublin.

4.—(1) The licence which was issued under section 34 of the Matrimonial Causes and Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1870 , on the 28th day of April, 1936, by the Archbishop of Dublin in respect of the Parish Church of St. Thomas, Marlborough Street, Dublin, and was approved of under the said section by the Minister for Local Government and Public Health on the 4th day of May, 1936, shall be deemed for all purposes to have been issued by the said Archbishop and approved of by the said Minister in accordance with the said section on the 21st day of December, 1931, and accordingly the said licence shall have and be deemed always to have had effect as on and from the said 21st day of December, 1931.

(2) No marriage which was solemnized in the said Parish Church of St. Thomas, Marlborough Street, Dublin, on or after the 21st day of December, 1931, and before the 4th day of May, 1936, shall be or be deemed ever to have been invalid or ineffective by reason only of the fact that no licence under section 34 of the Matrimonial Causes and Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1870 , had been issued and approved of in respect of the said Church in accordance with the said section 34 at the time when such marriage was solemnized therein.