Substitute House Bill No. 6539
AN ACT CONCERNING VALIDATION OF CERTAIN MARRIAGES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 46b-22a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof:
All marriages, celebrated before [May 12, 1999] the effective date of this act, otherwise valid except that the justice of the peace joining such persons in marriage did not have a valid certificate of qualification, are validated.
Sec. 2. Section 46b-24a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof:
All marriages celebrated before [May 12, 1999] the effective date of this act, otherwise valid except that the license for any such marriage was issued in a town other than the town in which such marriage was celebrated, are validated.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect from its passage.
Approved April 27, 2001