MARRIAGE AMENDMENT ACT 1985 No. 7, 1985 - SECT 17

MARRIAGE AMENDMENT ACT 1985 No. 7, 1985 - SECT 17

17. Section 55 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is
substituted: Solemnization of marriages in Australia by foreign diplomatic or
consular officer

"55. Nothing in this Act prevents the solemnization in Australia of a marriage
to which this Division applies by or in the presence of a diplomatic or
consular officer of a proclaimed overseas country if-

   (a)  neither of the parties is an Australian citizen; and

   (b)  the marriage, were it a marriage to and in relation to which Division
        2 of this Part applied, would not be void by reason of a circumstance
        set out in paragraph 23B (1) (a), (b) or (e).".