The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-15 00:00:00

MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED

IP7F.E'4V SISTER.

The following bill has been prepared and brought
in the House of Commons by Mr. M. Miines, Mr.
Spooner, and Mr. Denman ;

" Whereas it is expedient to amend the law as 'to
marriage with a deceased wife's sister : Be it there-
fore enacted by the Queen's most excellent Majesty,
by and with the advice and consent of the lords spi.
ritual and temporal, and Commons, in this present
Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the
same, as follows :

" 1. No marriage which has been celebrated since
the passing of the sth and 6th of Wm. IV., chap.
54, at any place whatever, within the realm or
without, between a man and his deceased wife's
sister, or which shall hereafter be celebrated between
the provisions of the 6th and 7th
the like parties, in the office of any
mrregmis.tlrvar.,ucuhdaepr.
85, or the Ist of Victoria, chap. 22, or of the 3d and
4th of Victoria, chap. 72, or of the 7th and Bth of
oVficytoicrtiao,ricah, acp. haBpl.
7( I2r liarne
Ida)n,
do oofr t
oh
re
t9hthe
19thand laOnthd
20th of Victoria, chap.ll9, or of the 23d of Victoria,
chap. 18, shall be deemed to have been nor shall be
void or voidable by reason only of the affinity of the
parties thereto, or by reason of any statute, or of any
canonical or other objection or impediment, founded
only on such affinity, to the validity of any such
marriage or to the celebration thereof, or to the va.
lidity of any license or certificate under which the
same may have been celebrated.
with the
emitharerriaogfethe parties
of the other, and be-
foreer
wwiifteh
contractedt
ahney oth person.
3.
withsht act,the
et
hptahses
passing
"2. Provided always, that nothing herein con.
g
lawfully intermarried
ths aiasistneaerdf
afterwards,
shallrawad re
de
ser
,ae
deceased
der
irwn validfe
the
lifea wheren y
this act, so far as it re-
latesteorf of a deceased
3.
laysisdimarriageendg aolfs h
iot
to any
this act, shall
not invalidate or affect any right to any dignity or
title of honour, or any estate, / right, title, or inte-
rest, legal or equitable, in or to any lands, heredita-
meats, chattels, or effects, vested in any person be-
fore the passing of this act, nor any contingent
estate or interest, legal or equitable,
hereditaments, chattels real, chattels or effects,
created by or derived from any settlement, grant,
conveyance to uses, release, appointment, or other
instrument bona fide executed before the passing of
this act, or by or from any devise or will which shall
have become operative by the death of the devisor
or testator before the passing of this act.
" 4. No marriage between a man and his deceased
wife's sister contracted in Scotland after the pass-
ing of this act shall be void by reason only of the
affinity of the parties thereto, or by reason of any
statute, or of any objection or impediment, founded
only on such affinity, to the validity of such mar-
riage or to the contracting thereof.
" 5. Clause 4 only of this act shall extend to Scot-
land."

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