Connecticut General Statutes/Title 46b/Chapter 815e/Section 46b-23

CGS § 46b-23. (Formerly Sec. 46-4). Joining persons in marriage knowingly without authority.

Any person who undertakes to join persons in marriage, knowing that he is not authorized to do so, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or both.

Short History

(1949 Rev., S. 8595.)

Long History

History: Sec. 46-4 transferred to Sec. 46b-23 in 1979.

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