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N.Y. Domestic Relations Law § 13-c: Twenty-four hour provision waived in certain cases

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  1. Domestic Relations Law
  2. Article 3. Solemnization, Proof and Effect of Marriage

* § 13-c. Twenty-four hour provision waived in certain cases. 1.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section thirteen-b of this chapter or

any other provision of law, where either of the parties making

application for a marriage license pursuant to section thirteen of this

chapter, is a member of the armed forces of the United States the

marriage of the parties may be solemnized without waiting for the lapse

of the twenty-four hour period required by section thirteen-b of this

chapter. Proof that the applicant is a member of the armed forces of

the United States shall be furnished to the satisfaction of the official

issuing the marriage license. Every license to marry issued pursuant to

the provisions of this section must state the day and hour the license

is issued and shall contain a recital that it is issued pursuant to the

provisions of this section and that the parties named therein may be

married at any time after such day and hour and within sixty days

thereafter.

2. The provisions of this section shall remain in force and effect

only until July first, nineteen hundred seventy-three.

* NB Expired July 1, 1973

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