{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/section-32",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004/section-32.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/33",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Partnership Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-act-2004",
  "path": "section/32",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Offences relating to Registrar General’s licence",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if—\n(a) he gives information by way of evidence in response to a requirement under section 22(1), knowing that the information is false;\n(b) he gives a certificate as provided for by section 22(3), knowing that the certificate is false.\n(2) A person commits an offence if, in his actual or purported capacity as a civil partnership registrar, he officiates at the signing of a Registrar General’s licence by proposed civil partners knowing that he does so—\n(a) at a place other than the place specified in the licence,\n(b) in the absence of a civil partnership registrar,\n(c) after the end of 1 month from the day on which the notice of proposed civil partnership was given, or\n(d) even though the civil partnership is void under section 49(b) ....\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) is liable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or to a fine (or both);\n(b) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.\n(4) A prosecution under this section may not be commenced more than 3 years after the commission of the offence.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 32(2)(d) omitted (27.2.2023) by virtue of Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022 (c. 28), s. 7(1), Sch. para. 4(4) (with s. 8); S.I. 2023/88, reg. 2 (with regs. 3-17)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33/section/32",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:53.191982+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}