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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/edinburgh-merchant-company-order-confirmation-1996/schedule/paragraph-73",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/edinburgh-merchant-company-order-confirmation-1996/schedule/paragraph-73.json",
  "legislation": "ukla/1996/11",
  "legislation_title": "Edinburgh Merchant Company Order Confirmation 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/edinburgh-merchant-company-order-confirmation-1996",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/73",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "73",
  "heading": "Marriage tax payable on marriage after election",
  "text": "Every contributor who marries or remarries, and whose age exceeds that of his wife by more than five years, shall pay to the widows' fund in respect of each such marriage, the marriage tax appropriate to his age at his next birthday following such marriage calculated by the actuary.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/1996/11/schedule/paragraph/73",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:45:48.524510+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."
}