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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-adjournal-consolidation-1988/section-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/110",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Adjournal (Consolidation) 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-adjournal-consolidation-1988",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Proof of service outside Scotland",
  "text": "Where any citation of an accused person is served in England, Wales or Northern Ireland by an officer effecting such service in accordance with the provisions of section 39(3) of the Criminal Law Act 1977, the evidence of either—\n(a) that officer on oath; or\n(b) written execution of service or citation signed by him,\nshall be sufficient evidence of such service.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1977 c. 45; section 39(3) was amended by the 1980 Act, Schedule 7, paragraph 79."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/110/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:12:46.518890+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."
}