{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-prohibited-degrees-of-relationship-act-1986/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-prohibited-degrees-of-relationship-act-1986/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/16",
  "legislation_title": "Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-prohibited-degrees-of-relationship-act-1986",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment of s. 3 of Perjury Act 1911.",
  "text": "In section 3(1) of the Perjury Act 1911 (false statements relating to marriage) after paragraph (c) there shall be inserted the words\n“or\n(d) with respect to a declaration made under section 16(1A) or 27B(2) of the Marriage Act 1949—\n(i) enters a caveat under subsection (2) of the said section 16, or\n(ii) makes a statement mentioned in subsection (4) of the said section 27B\nwhich he knows to be false in a material particular,”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1911 c. 6."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/16/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:25.536294+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."
}