{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-scotland-act-1977/section-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-scotland-act-1977/section-13.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1977/15",
  "legislation_title": "Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-scotland-act-1977",
  "path": "section/13",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Preliminaries to solemnisation of marriages by approved celebrants .",
  "text": "(1) A marriage shall not be solemnised by an approved celebrant unless—\n(a) the parties produce to him before the marriage ceremony a Marriage Schedule, in respect of the marriage, issued in accordance with this Act;\n(b) both parties to the marriage are present; and\n(c) two persons professing to be 16 years of age or over are present as witnesses.\n2), (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 13(2)(3) repealed (retrospectively) by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 55, SIF 36:3), s. 22(1)(2), Sch. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 13 title substituted (16.12.2014) by Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 5), ss. 15(4), 36; S.S.I. 2014/287, art. 3, sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/15/section/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:24:49.184270+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."
}