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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-adjournal-service-of-documents-on-accused-persons-1987/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1328",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Adjournal (Service of Documents on Accused Persons) 1987",
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  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY, SCOTLAND\nSHERIFF COURT, SCOTLAND\nMade 23rd July 1987\nComing into force 17th August 1987\nThe Lord Justice General Lord Justice Clerk and Lords Commissioners of Justiciary, under and by virtue of the powers conferred on them by section 282 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975() and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, do hereby enact and declare:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1975 c. 21; section 282 was amended by the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 62), Schedule 7, paragraph 47."
    }
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  },
  "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."
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