{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-act-1939/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-act-1939/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/2-3/33",
  "legislation_title": "Marriage Act 1939",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-act-1939",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Short title and citation.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Marriage Act, 1939.\n(2) This Act, so far as it relates to England, may be cited together with the Marriage Acts, 1811 to 1934, as the Marriage Acts, 1811 to 1939.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/2-3/33/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:32:42.158236+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."
}