{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-miscellaneous-provisions-1949/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-miscellaneous-provisions-1949/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/100",
  "legislation_title": "Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) 1949",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-miscellaneous-provisions-1949",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Evidence of access.",
  "text": "(1) Notwithstanding any rule of law, the evidence of a husband or wife shall be admissible in any proceedings to prove that marital intercourse did or did not take place between them during any period.\n(2) Notwithstanding anything in this section or any rule of law, a husband or wife shall not be compellable in any proceedings to give evidence of the matters aforesaid.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 7(1)(2) repealed (E.W.) by Matrimonial Causes Act 1950 (c. 25), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 7(3) repealed by Adoption Act 1950 (c. 26), Sch. 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/100/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:19:48.536430+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."
}