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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-adjournal-consolidation-1988/section-75",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-adjournal-consolidation-1988/section-75.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/110",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Adjournal (Consolidation) 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-adjournal-consolidation-1988",
  "path": "section/75",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "75",
  "heading": "Form of death sentence",
  "text": "(1) The form of pronouncing the sentence of death shall be in the form set out in Form 34 of Schedule 1.\n(2) After the verdict of the Jury finding the accused guilty has been recorded, the presiding Judge shall sign the sentence on a paper separate from the record of proceedings and immediately thereafter shall pronounce sentence.\n(3) The accused need not be present in Court after the presiding Judge has pronounced sentence.\n(4) On sentence being pronounced the Clerk shall engross the sentence in the record of proceedings and the presiding Judge shall sign it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/110/section/75",
    "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."
}