Was the Clandestine Marriage Act of 1753 a Crime?

There was no marriage license, nothing. Not even a special license. There wasn't even rings. They stood at an altar in the dark, and some one said, do you and they said, i do. And then they consummated the marriage. Well, it wasn't even written into the church record, which is always done. It just gives me the impression that they were just kind of like playing church"