The Foreign Marriage (Armed Forces) (Amendment) Order 1965

• Citation: S.I. 1965/137
• Sections: 5

Section 1

The Foreign Marriage (Armed Forces) Order 1964 shall be amended by substituting for Schedule 1 thereof the Schedule to this Order.

Section 2

The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

Section 3

This Order may be cited as the Foreign Marriage (Armed Forces) (Amendment) Order 1965 and shall come into operation on 5th February 1965.

Section 71

(1) Subject to this Part, a marriage between parties of whom one atleast is a member of the Defence Force may be solemnised in an overseas country by or in the presence of a chaplain.

(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.”

Section 73

A marriage solemnised under this Part, being a marriage which, if it had been solemnised in Australia in accordance with Division 2 of Part IV of this Act, would have been a valid marriage, is valid throughout the Commonwealth and all the Territories of the Commonwealth.