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The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential and Contrary Provisions and Scotland) and Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2014

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Perjury Act 1911

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2.—(1) Section 3 of the Perjury Act 1911(1) (false statements, etc, with reference to marriage) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)(b)—

(a)after “register of marriage” insert “or register of conversions”, and

(b)after “marriage” in the second place it occurs, insert “or any civil partnership which is to be converted into a marriage”.

(3) After subsection (2), insert—

(3) In subsection (1)(b), “register of conversions” means the register of conversions of civil partnerships into marriages kept by the Registrar General in accordance with section 9 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013(2) and regulations made under that section.

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1911 c. 6; there are amendments to section 3 not relevant to this Order.

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