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MARRIAGE ACT 1961 - SECT 71

Marriages of members of the Defence Force overseas

  (1)   Subject to this Part, a marriage between parties of whom one at least is a member of the Defence Force may be solemnise d in an overseas country by or in the presence of an authorised celebrant .

  (2)   The Governor - General may, by Proclamation, declare that a part of the Queen's dominions that has been occupied by a state at war with the Commonwealth and in which facilities for marriage in accordance with the local law have not, in the opinion of the Governor - General, been adequately restored shall be deemed to be an overseas country for the purposes of this section.


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