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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-overseas-marriage-armed-forces-order-2014/article-7",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2014/9780111108802",
  "legislation_title": "The Overseas Marriage (Armed Forces) Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-overseas-marriage-armed-forces-order-2014",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Certificate of Commanding Officer",
  "text": "(1) Before any marriage can be solemnized under this Order, there is to be produced to the authorised person in whose presence the marriage is to be solemnized a certificate signed by or on behalf of the commanding officer notified under article 6 that states that the conditions specified in paragraph 8(2) of Schedule 6 to the Act are met.\n(2) If any information is brought to the attention of the commanding officer that the conditions specified in paragraph 8(2) of Schedule 6 to the Act are not met, the certificate under paragraph (1) shall not be signed until the commanding officer has carried out such inquiries as he sees fit.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111108802/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:14:05.264036+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."
}