# Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977, Paragraph 3: Marriage to be investigated: extension of 28 day period to 70 days


(1) The modifications in this paragraph have effect if the Secretary of State gives the district registrar notice under section 48(8C) of the 2014 Act of a decision to investigate whether the referred marriage is a sham.
(2) Section 6(4)(a) has effect as if—
(a) for the words from “28 days” to “relates” there were substituted “the relevant 70 day period”, and
(b) in sub-paragraph (i), for “28 days” there were substituted “relevant 70 day period”.
(3) Section 19(1) has effect as if for the words from “28 days” to “that marriage” there were substituted “the relevant 70 day period”.
(4) In sections 6(4)(a) and 19 (as modified by this paragraph) “relevant 70 day period” means the period—
(a) beginning the day after receipt of the marriage notice (as entered by the district registrar in the marriage notice book), and
(b) ending at the end of the period of 70 days beginning with that day.
(5) This paragraph is subject to paragraph 4.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/15/schedule/1A/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-scotland-act-1977/schedule-1A/paragraph-3
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