{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-act-1994/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-act-1994/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1994/34",
  "legislation_title": "Marriage Act 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-act-1994",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Short title and commencement.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Marriage Act 1994.\n(2) This Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument; and different days may be appointed for different purposes.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "P",
      "label": "P1",
      "text": "S. 3(2) power partly exercised (7.12.1994): 1.1.1995 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1994/3116, art. 2S. 3(2) power partly exercised (23.2.1995): different dates appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 1995/424, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/34/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:39.304074+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."
}