REGULATION 24: Of Holy Matrimony

 

1. See Provincial Canon 29.

2 (a) A marriage may be solemnised or celebrated by a clergyman between persons either of whom has been divorced by a decree in the Civil Court and whose husband or wife by the former marriage is still living; provided that such solemnisation or celebration shall not be done without the written permission of the Bishop.

(b) A member of the Church who has been divorced by a decree in the Civil Court and whose husband or wife by the former marriage is still living and who desires to contract another marriage must have the written permission of the Bishop.