Age of Marriage Act 1929

Age of Marriage Act 1929
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to make void marriages between persons either of whom is under the age of sixteen.
Citation19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. 36
Dates
Royal assent10 May 1929

The Age of Marriage Act 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. 36) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which increased the age of marriage to sixteen. It was passed in response to a campaign by the National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship.

The whole act was repealed as to Scotland by section 28(2) of, and Schedule 3 to, the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977.

Corresponding provision was made for Northern Ireland by the Age of Marriage Act (Northern Ireland) 1951.