Section 13-C. Twenty-four hour provision waived in certain cases  


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  • 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