1840, the Marriage and Registration Act 1856, the Marriage (Society of Friends) Act 1860, the Marriage Confirmation Act 1860, the Marriage (Society of Friends) Act 1872, the Greek Marriages Act 1884, the Marriages Validity Act 1886 and the Marriages Act 1886. The Marriage Acts 1811 to 1929 was the collective title of the Marriage Acts 1811 to 1898 and the Age of Marriage Act 1929 so far as it related to England. England and Wales Marriage Act 1540 (32 Hen.8 c.38) Clergy Marriage Act 1548 (2 & 3 Edw.6 c.21) (No short title) (2 & 3 Edw.6 c.23) (Repealed by the Marriage Act 1949, s.79 & fifth Sch., Pt.I) Clergy Marriage Act 1551 (5 & 6 Edw.6 c.12) Marriage Act 1697, a Penal Law passed in 1697 discouraging interfaith marriages. All interfaith marriages would be considered legally Catholic. The married couple would have to live under the tough Catholic laws. Clandestine Marriages Act 1753 (26 Geo. 2 c. 33) Marriage Confirmation Act 1830 (11 Geo.4 & 1 Will.4 c.18) (short title: 1896 Act, s.1) Marriage and Registration Act 1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c.119) (short title: 1896 Act, s.1) Foreign Marriage Act 1892 Marriage with Foreigners Act 1906 Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Act 1915 Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Amendment Act 1916 Age of Marriage Act 1929 (19 & 20 Geo 5 c 36) Marriage Act 1939 Foreign Marriage Act 1947 Marriage Act 1949 Marriage Act 1949 (Amendment) Act 1954 Marriage Acts Amendment Act 1958 Marriage (Secretaries of Synagogues) Act 1959 Marriage (Enabling) Act 1960 Marriage (Wales and Monmouthshire) Act 1962 Marriage (Registrar General's Licence) Act 1970 Marriage Act 1983 Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 Marriage (Wales) Act 1986 Foreign Marriage (Amendment) Act 1988 Marriage (Registration of Buildings) Act 1990 Marriage Act 1994 Marriage Ceremony (Prescribed Words) Act 1996 City of London (Approved Premises for Marriage) Act 1996 Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 Marriage (Wales) Act 2010 Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill 2022 Scotland Marriage (Scotland) Act 1939 Marriage (Scotland) Act 1956 Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 Marriage (Scotland) Act 2002 Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 Northern Ireland Deceased Brother's Widow's Marriage Act (Northern Ireland) 1924 Marriage (Declaration of Law) Act (Northern Ireland) 1944 Age of Marriage Act (Northern Ireland) 1951 United States Affirmation of Marriage Act passed in Virginia and was subsequently overturned. Defense of Marriage