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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-causes-act-1965/section-46",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-causes-act-1965/section-46.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1965/72",
  "legislation_title": "Matrimonial Causes Act 1965",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-causes-act-1965",
  "path": "section/46",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "†Short title, interpretation, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Matrimonial Causes Act 1965.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . ., this Act does not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 29–37, 39–41, 43(2)(3), 44, 45, 46(2)(3), Schs. 1, 2 repealed by Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c. 18), s. 54(1), Sch. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 (c. 18), Sch. 1 Pt. VII"
    },
    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "A dagger appended to a marginal note means that it is no longer accurate."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/72/section/46",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:57:04.095362+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."
}