Paragraph 50 Amendment of the Perjury Act 1911

(1)

Section 3 of the Perjury Act 1911 (false statements, etc, with reference to marriage)^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (1)(a), after “licence for marriage,” insert “or a marriage document or a marriage schedule,”.

(3)

In subsection (1)(c), after “licence for marriage” insert “or marriage schedule”.

Annotations

f1: 1911 c. 6. Section 3 was amended by section 28(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1925 (c. 86), section 1(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58), section 32(2) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43), section 4 of the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 and S.I. 2014/3168.