{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-act-1949/section-55",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-act-1949/section-55.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76",
  "legislation_title": "Marriage Act 1949",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-act-1949",
  "path": "section/55",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "55",
  "heading": "Manner of registration of marriages.",
  "text": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "repealed",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 53-62 omitted (4.5.2021 except for the omission of ss. 57, 58, 62(2)(a), 1.8.2021 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), regs. 1(2)(10)(a), 6 (with Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 55 extended by Marriage (Registrar General's Licence) Act 1970 (c. 34), s. 15"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/55",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:20:09.980125+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."
}