{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-scotland-act-1977/section-29",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-scotland-act-1977/section-29.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1977/15",
  "legislation_title": "Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-scotland-act-1977",
  "path": "section/29",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977.\n(2) This Act, except this section, shall come into force on 1st January 1978.\n(3) This Act, except this section and, in so far as relating to the Marriage with Foreigners Act 1906, the Marriage Act 1939, the Marriage Act 1949 and the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1956, section 28, shall extend to Scotland only.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1906 c. 40."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1939 c. 33."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1949 c. 76."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "1956 c. 70."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/15/section/29",
    "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."
}