{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-violence-and-matrimonial-proceedings-act-1976-repealed-1101997/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-violence-and-matrimonial-proceedings-act-1976-repealed-1101997/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1976/50",
  "legislation_title": "Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1976 (repealed 1.10.1997)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-violence-and-matrimonial-proceedings-act-1976-repealed-1101997",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Matrimonial injunctions in the county court.",
  "text": "(1) Without prejudice to the jurisdiction of the High Court, on an application by a party to a marriage a county court shall have jurisdiction to grant an injunction containing one or more of the following provisions, namely,—\n(a) a provision restraining the other party to the marriage from molesting the applicant;\n(b) a provision restraining the other party from molesting a child living with the applicant;\n(c) a provision excluding the other party from the matrimonial home or a part of the matrimonial home or from a specified area in which the matrimonial home is included;\n(d) a provision requiring the other party to permit the applicant to enter and remain in the matrimonial home or a part of the matrimonial home;\nwhether or not any other relief is sought in the proceedings.\n(2) Subsection (1) above shall apply to a man and a woman who are living with each other in the same household as husband and wife as it applies to the parties to a marriage and any reference to the matrimonial home shall be construed accordingly.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/50/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:28:57.916884+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."
}