# Application of Part VA of the Marriage Act

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12 Application of Part VA of the Marriage Act
               For the purpose of deciding whether a marriage is to be recognised
               as valid for the purposes of this Act, Part VA of the Marriage Act
               1961 applies as if section 88E of that Act were omitted.










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