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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-causes-northern-ireland-order-1978/article-15",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1978/1045",
  "legislation_title": "Matrimonial Causes (Northern Ireland) Order 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-causes-northern-ireland-order-1978",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Jurisdiction of court, and form of order, etc., in nullity proceedings",
  "text": "(1) The court has jurisdiction to grant a decree of nullity—\n(a) of a marriage which is void; or\n(b) on the petition of a party to the marriage, of a marriage which is voidable.\n(2) Articles 3(6), 10 and 11 shall apply in relation to proceedings for nullity of marriage as if for any reference in those provisions to divorce there were substituted a reference to nullity of marriage.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1978/1045/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:53:06.256963+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."
}