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702 Intelligence . — - Unitarian Marriage Bill .
ings , whatsoever requisite for Marriages , except so far as the same are expressly altered or dispensed with in this Act . Provided always , and be it further enacted , That in case the Parties propose to intermarry by Licence , and not by Banna , it shall and may be lawful for
them , on Presentment of the same Declaration and Certificate , signed by the said Patties , as is mentioned in the Schedule marked ( A . ) to this Act , to sue out a Licence in the usual Manner , and under the Restrictions provided by Law in such Cases , which Licence shall and may ( with such Alterations of the Form thereof as
shall be required for the Purpose or the Circumstances of the Case ) express that the same is for the Purpose of authorizing the Minister , Parson , Vicar , or Curate , to register , instead of to solemnize the said Marriage , on Production of the proper * Acknowledgment of the said Marriage , and Attestation subscribed thereto ,
and such Licence shall and may , within the Time limited by Law for such Licences remaining in force , be produced and delivered by the Parties to the Magistrate before whom such Marriage is to be contracted , instead of the Certificate of Banns . +
And be it further enacted , That all and every the Penalties appointed and declared by Law for or against the making of false Entries , or the forging or counterfeiting of any Entry in Registers , or of any Licence for Marriage , or for destroying any Register , shall and are hereby declared to extend and be applicable to the falsely making , altering , forging , counterfeiting ,
or destroying any Entry , Licence , or Register of any Marriage , ^ or an Declaration , Certificatey Acknowledgment , or At testation , to be made , signed , given , or granted under the Provisions thereof , or any signature thereto , or to acting or assisting therein , or knowingly uttering or publishing the same , or any Copy thereof , as true .
Provided also , and be it further enacted , That this Act shall extend to England and Wales , and to the Town of Berwickupo n-Tweed . And be it further enacted , That Two printed Copies of this Act shall , as soon * Certificate of the Celebration
t and shall , after the contracting of the said Marriage , be re-delivered by the said Magistrate to the Parties , with the Certificate of the Marriage , and shall be produced and delivered , together with such Certificate , to the Parson , Minister , Vicar , or Curate , on the Registration of the Marriage . I under the Provisions of this Act , or any Certificate
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as conveniently may be after the passing thereof , be provided by His Majesty ' s Printer , and transmitted to the Officiating Ministers of the several Parishes and Chapelries of England and Wales , and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed respectively , One of which Copies shall be deposited and kept , with the Book containing the Marriage Register of such Parish or Chapelry , in the Chest or Box provided for the Custody of the same .
Provided also , and be it further enacted , That nothing in this Act contained shall be deemed or taken to alter or abrogate any Law now in force relating to the Doctrine of the Holy Trinity .
SCHEDULES TO WHICH THIS ACT REFERS . Schedule ( A . ) WE , the undersigned A . B . of , and C . D . of , do hereby declare , That we are Members of a Congregation of Protestant Dissenters who deny the Doctrine of the Trinity , and who usually assemble for Divine Worship in a certain Chapel or Place situate at in the
Parish of , and duly entered and registered acccording to Law , and that we are desirous of taking the Benefit of a certain Act passed in the Eighth Year of the Reign of King George the Fourth , intituled " An Act for grauting Relief to certain Persons Dissenting from the Church of England , in respect of the Mode of celebrating Marriage . " As witness our Hands , A . B .
CD . We do hereby certify and declare the Truth of the above-written Declaration , and that the same was signed by the said A . B . and C . D . in our Presence . As witness our Hands . { Officiating Minister , or one of the Elders of the above-mentioned Congregation . G H of f ° f the &lders ° f i k ° i K Me same Congrega-J n - 0 J (_ tion . Schedule ( B ) I , [ Rector , Vicar , Curate , or Officiating Minister , ] of the Parish or Chapelry of in the County of do certify , That the Banns of Marriage have been duly published Three several Times between of [ or of this Parish , ] and of [ or of this Parish , ] the last of such Publications being made on the Day of One thousand eight hundred * from the Church of England , of the Unitarian Persuasion ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1827, page 702, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1800/page/70/
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