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MARRIAGE ACT 1961 - SECT 55

Solemnisation of marriages in Australia by foreign diplomatic or consular officer

    Nothing in this Act prevents the solemnisation in Australia of a marriage to which this Division applies by or in the presence of a diplomatic or consular officer of a proclaimed overseas country if:

  (a)   neither of the parties is an Australian citizen; and

  (b)   the marriage, were it a marriage to and in relation to which Division   2 of this Part applied, would not be void by reason of a circumstance set out in paragraph   23B(1)(a), (b) or (e).



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