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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-estates-northern-ireland-order-1979/article-15",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1979/1575",
  "legislation_title": "Administration of Estates (Northern Ireland) Order 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-estates-northern-ireland-order-1979",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Production of instruments purporting to be testamentary",
  "text": "The High Court may, whether or not any legal proceeding is pending with respect to the administration of the estate of a deceased person, require (by order or otherwise) any person to lodge in the Probate and Matrimonial Office any paper or writing, being or purporting to be testamentary, which may be shown to be in his possession or under his control.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1979/1575/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:52:44.616098+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."
}