1. The Protestant churches or congregations referred to in article 42 of the Civil Code comprise all the churches and congregations in communion with the Church of England or Scotland, or The United Church of Canada and that church itself or the non-concurring congregations mentioned in the Act of the Parliament of Canada, 14-15 George V, Chapter 100, or the church or churches formed by the union of any of said non-concurring congregations, and the several religious communities and denominations in Québec mentioned in the special acts concerning them, and the priests or ministers thereof, who may validly solemnize marriage and may obtain and keep registers of civil status, subject to the provisions of the said acts with reference to each of them respectively.
R. S. 1964, c. 311, s. 1.