Dispensing with proof of certain preliminaries

(1) After the solemnisation or performance of any marriage under this Act, it shall not be necessary, in support of the marriage, or in any action, suit or proceeding where it may come into question, to give any proof of the consent of anyone whose consent thereunto is by law required, or the actual dwelling of the parties married, or of either of them, before the marriage in any specified district, for any prescribed period, or that the banns were published, or notice of intended marriage given, in the place wherein, or by or to the person by or to whom, the banns ought to have been published, or the notice given, or that the marriage was solemnised or performed in the place, and by a person, where and by whom it ought to have been solemnised or performed. (2) Nothing in this section shall prevent any evidence being given that the marriage is null and void under any provision of this Act expressly declaring marriages to be null and void, but the burden of proof shall in all those cases lie on the party alleging the marriage to be null and void.