{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-act-1949/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-act-1949/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76",
  "legislation_title": "Marriage Act 1949",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-act-1949",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Notice to clergyman before publication of banns.",
  "text": "(1) No clergyman shall be obliged to publish banns of matrimony unless the persons to be married, at least seven days before the date on which they wish the banns to be published for the first time, deliver or cause to be delivered to him—\n(a) a notice in writing, dated on the day on which it is so delivered, stating the christian name and surname and the place of residence of each of them, and the period during which each of them has resided at his or her place of residence , and\n(b) specified evidence that both of the persons are relevant nationals.\n(2) In this section “specified evidence” means evidence that is in accordance with regulations made under section 28G.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 8(1): s. 8 renumbered as s. 8(1) (2.3.2015) by Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), ss. 57(3)(a), 75(3); S.I. 2015/371, art. 2(2) (with art. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 8 substituted (2.3.2015) by Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), ss. 57(3)(b), 75(3); S.I. 2015/371, art. 2(2) (with art. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 8 inserted (2.3.2015) by Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), ss. 57(3)(c), 75(3); S.I. 2015/371, art. 2(2) (with art. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 8 applied (with modifications) (E.) (1.10.2008) by Church of England Marriage Measure 2008 (No. 1), ss. 1(8)(a), 5(2); 2008 No. 2, Instrument made by Archbishops"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 8 applied (with modifications) (18.3.2010) by Marriage (Wales) Act 2010 (c. 6), ss. 2(8)(a), 6(2) (with s. 1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/76/section/8",
    "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."
}