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AGE OF MARRIAGE ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1951 - SECT 1

1.(1) A marriage between persons either of whom is under the age of sixteen
shall be void:

Provided that in any proceedings against a person charged under sub-section
(1) of section five of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885, or charged with
indecent assault, it shall be a sufficient defence to prove that at the time
when the offence is alleged to have been committed he had reasonable cause to
believe that the girl in respect of whom it is alleged to have been committed
was his wife.

(2) Nothing in this section shall affect any marriage solemnized or contracted
before the passing of this Act, and any such marriage shall be or become valid
in any case where, if this section had not been passed, it would be or become
valid.

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