This Act may be cited as the Marriage Amendment Act, 1929, and it shall be read with and be deemed part of the Marriage Act, 1908.

Every marriage between any man and his deceased wife’s niece, or between any woman and her deceased husband’s nephew, which has heretofore been or which is hereafter contracted and solemnized before any minister of religion or Registrar duly authorized to solemnize marriages shall be deemed to have been and to be valid and binding, and the issue born or hereafter to be born of such marriages shall be deemed to have been and to be born in lawful wedlock:

Provided that this section shall not render valid any such marriage in any case where either of the parties to such marriage has thereafter before the passing of this Act lawfully intermarried with any other person; nor shall this section deprive or be held to have deprived any person of any property which such person may have lawfully inherited, acquired, or become entitled to prior to the coming into operation of this Act, or affect any lis pendens existing on the coming into operation of this Act.

For the purposes of this Act “deceased wife’s niece” means deceased wife’s sister’s daughter or deceased wife’s brother’s daughter; and “deceased husband’s nephew” means deceased husband’s brother’s son or deceased husband’s sister’s son.