{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foreign-marriage-act-1947/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foreign-marriage-act-1947/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/10-11/33",
  "legislation_title": "Foreign Marriage Act 1947",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foreign-marriage-act-1947",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Short title and citation.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Foreign Marriage Act, 1947, and the Foreign Marriage Acts, 1892 1934, and this Act may be cited together as the Foreign Marriage Acts, 1892 to 1947.\n(2) This Act shall come into operation on such date as His Majesty may by Order in Council appoint.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1892 c. 23."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "and 1934 c. 13."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/10-11/33/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:23:59.129699+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."
}