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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-deaths-and-marriages-regulations-1968/regulation-88",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-deaths-and-marriages-regulations-1968/regulation-88.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1968/2049",
  "legislation_title": "The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Regulations 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-deaths-and-marriages-regulations-1968",
  "path": "regulation/88",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "88",
  "heading": "Offences and proceedings",
  "text": "(1) If it appears to any officer that any offence under or breach of the Act, the Population (Statistics) Act 1938 or the Marriage Act 1949 or, so far as they relate to marriages or to the registration of births, still-births and deaths, the Perjury Act 1911 or the Forgery Act 1913 has been committed, he shall report the matter to the Registrar General.(2) Save in accordance with any instructions given to him by the Registrar General, a superintendent registrar shall not commence any proceedings in respect of an offence under the Act or the Population (Statistics) Act 1938 or under section 76(1) or (2) of the Marriage Act 1949, (which relates to offences in the registration of marriage).\n(2) Save in accordance with any instructions given to him by the Registrar General, a superintendent registrar shall not commence any proceedings in respect of an offence under the Act or the Population (Statistics) Act 1938 or under section 76(1) or (2) of the Marriage Act 1949, (which relates to the offences in the registration of marriage).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1968/2049/regulation/88",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T23:16:20.581505+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."
}