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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1328",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Adjournal (Service of Documents on Accused Persons) 1987",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Act of Adjournal)\nThis Act of Adjournal provides for the manner in which service of documents on accused persons in solemn criminal proceedings in the High Court of Justiciary and the Sheriff Court is to be made under section 71 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975.",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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