8. Although marriages duly solemnised in England according to English law between foreigners, or between a foreigner and a British subject, are valid throughout the British Empire, these marriages will not necessarily be valid in countries to which the foreigners belong, unless the legal requirements of these countries are complied with. Under arrangements made with France and Belgium, the French Consul and the Belgian Minister respectively will, on application, ascertain in any particular case that the legal requirements of their country have been complied with, and will furnish a certificate to that effect. No similar arrangement has as yet been made with any other foreign State. The following instructions have therefore been issued in the diocese of London, and may, with advantage, be observed elsewhere, namely:--(_a_) Where both parties to an intended marriage are foreigners, or one of them is a foreigner of any nationality except French or Belgian, or is a foreigner without a permanent residence in England, the marriage should in all cases be by licence, which will only be granted if the chancellor of the diocese is satisfied that the law of the country, to which the foreigners concerned belong, is complied with.[234] (_b_) Where a foreigner of French or Belgian nationality, whose permanent residence is in England, is a party to an intended marriage after banns with an English subject, the incumbent of the parish should require before solemnising it the production of a certificate from the French Consul or Belgian Minister, as the case may be, that all the legal requirements necessary to the recognition of the marriage as valid in France or Belgium have been complied with. 9. Marriages of persons within the prohibited degrees of kindred and affinity specified in the Table set forth by the authority of Archbishop Parker in the year 1563 are unlawful and void.[235] The degrees include illegitimate as well as legitimate relatives and connections; but an illegitimate _liaison_ with a woman or a man does not make her or him a wife or a husband within the meaning of the Table. Thus a man cannot marry his wife's illegitimate daughter or her half-sister, whether legitimate or illegitimate; but he can marry the daughter or sister of a woman with whom he has had unlawful connection.[236]