MARRIAGE ACT 1961 - SECT 8 Extension of Act to Territories etc.
MARRIAGE ACT 1961 - SECT 8
Extension of Act to Territories etc.(1) The whole of this Act extends to the following Territories:
(b) the Territory of Christmas Island ;
(c) the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands .
(2) Part V applies both within and without Australia .
(3) Part VII applies to and in relation to:
(a) marriages solemnise d, or intended or purporting to be solemnise d, in Australia ; and
(b) marriages solemnise d, or intended or purporting to be solemnise d, under Part V;
and, in relation to such marriages, applies both within and without Australia .
(4) Section 73, Part VA and section 111
extend to all the external Territories.