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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-proceedings-polygamous-marriages-act-1972/section-5",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1972/38",
  "legislation_title": "Matrimonial Proceedings (Polygamous Marriages) Act 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-proceedings-polygamous-marriages-act-1972",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Short title, interpretation and powers of Parliament of Northern Ireland.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Matrimonial Proceedings (Polygamous Marriages) Act 1972.\n(2) References in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as amended, and as including references thereto as extended or applied, by any subsequent enactment.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 5(3) repealed by S.I. 1978/1045 (N.I.15), Sch. 5"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/38/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:48:54.308658+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."
}