{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-scotland-act-1977/section-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-scotland-act-1977/section-22.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1977/15",
  "legislation_title": "Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-scotland-act-1977",
  "path": "section/22",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Interpreters at marriage ceremony.",
  "text": "(1) Where the person by whom a marriage is to be solemnised under this Act considers that it is necessary or desirable, he may use the services of an interpreter (not being a party or a witness to the marriage) at the marriage ceremony.\n(2) The interpreter shall—\n(a) before the marriage ceremony, sign a written statement that he understands, and is able to converse in, any language in respect of which he is to act as interpreter at that ceremony; and\n(b) immediately after the marriage ceremony, furnish the person solemnising the marriage with a certificate written in English and signed by the interpreter that he has faithfully acted as interpreter at that ceremony.\n(3) Any fee for the services of the interpreter shall be paid by the parties to the marriage.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 22 modified (16.12.2014) by The Marriage Between Civil Partners (Procedure for Change and Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/361), regs. 1, 7(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/15/section/22",
    "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."
}