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  "text": "An Act for the Union of Great Britain and Ireland.",
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      "text": "References in this Act to Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland or Ireland to be construed as exclusive of Republic of Ireland: S.R. & O. 1923/405 (Rev. X, p. 298: 1923 p. 400), art. 2"
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