{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-scotland-act-2020/section-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-scotland-act-2020/section-13.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2020/15",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-scotland-act-2020",
  "path": "section/13",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Forced civil partnerships",
  "text": "(1) The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 122 (offence of forced marriage: Scotland)—\n(a) in subsection (1), after “marriage” in both places where it occurs insert “ or civil partnership ”,\n(b) in subsection (2), after “marriage” in both places where it occurs insert “ or civil partnership ”,\n(c) after subsection (4) insert—\n“(4A) “Civil partnership” includes—\n(a) a civil partnership which exists by virtue of the Civil Partnership Act 2004, and\n(b) a purported civil partnership.”,\n(d) The section title becomes “ Offence of forced marriage or forced civil partnership: Scotland ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 13 in force at 30.11.2023 by S.S.I. 2023/146, reg. 2, sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2020/15/section/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:12:44.445560+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."
}