{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-duty-act-1694/section-VII",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-duty-act-1694/section-VII.json",
  "legislation": "aep/WillandMar/6-7/6",
  "legislation_title": "Marriage Duty Act 1694",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-duty-act-1694",
  "path": "section/VII",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "VII",
  "heading": "Duties on Bachelors above 25 Years (Exception), for Five Years.",
  "text": "And bee it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That every person inhabiting and residing or which shall inhabitt and reside in the Kingdom of England Dominion of Wales or Towne of Berwick upon Tweed being a Batchelor. above the age of Five and twenty yeares (except such as receive Alms) shall from and after the said First day of May dureing the said terme of Five yeares or soe long time thereof as hee shall continue a Batchelor and noe longer pay to his Majestie his Heires and Successors the sum of One shilling yearely.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/WillandMar/6-7/6/section/VII",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:24:05.097415+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."
}