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  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Chancery Procedure Rules) 2006",
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  "path": "schedule/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Evidence",
  "text": "(1) Evidence may be received at any time after an application or petition is accepted for publication.\n(2) Any written statement (including an affidavit) or report, admissible under section 2(1)(b) of the Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 1988, may be recorded in evidence without being spoken to by a witness notwithstanding that it was made before the application or petition was accepted for publication.",
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  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 32."
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      "affecting_title": "Act of Sederunt (Intimation and Service) 2025"
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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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