{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-scotland-act-1977/section-23A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-scotland-act-1977/section-23A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1977/15",
  "legislation_title": "Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-scotland-act-1977",
  "path": "section/23A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "23A",
  "heading": "Validity of registered marriage.",
  "text": "(1) Subject to sections 1 and 2 of and without prejudice to section 24(1) of this Act, where the particulars of any marriage at the ceremony in respect of which both parties were present are entered in a register of marriages by or at the behest of an appropriate registrar, the validity of that marriage shall not be questioned, in any legal proceedings whatsoever, on the ground of failure to comply with a requirement or restriction imposed by, under or by virtue of this Act.\n(2) In subsection (1) above, “appropriate registrar”means—\na)in the case of a civil marriage, an authorised registrar; and\n(b) in any other case, a district registrar.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 23A inserted by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 55, SIF 36:3), s. 22(1)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 23A 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(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/15/section/23A",
    "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."
}