{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-act-1996/section-63R",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-act-1996/section-63R.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/27",
  "legislation_title": "Family Law Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-act-1996",
  "path": "section/63R",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "63R",
  "heading": "Other protection or assistance against forced marriage",
  "text": "(1) This Part does not affect any other protection or assistance available to a person who—\n(a) is being, or may be, forced into a marriage or subjected to an attempt to be forced into a marriage; or\n(b) has been forced into a marriage.\n(2) In particular, it does not affect—\n(a) the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court;\n(b) any criminal liability;\n(c) any civil remedies under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 (c. 40);\n(d) any right to an occupation order or a non-molestation order under Part 4 of this Act;\n(e) any protection or assistance under the Children Act 1989 (c. 41);\n(f) any claim in tort; or\n(g) the law of marriage.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 4A inserted (25.11.2008 except in regard to the insertion of s. 63N) by Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 (c. 20), ss. 1, 4(2); S.I. 2008/2779, art. 2(a) (as amended (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 210 Table; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/27/section/63R",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:31:06.048320+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."
}