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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1956/section-50",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1956/section-50.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/4-5/46",
  "legislation_title": "Administration of Justice Act 1956",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1956",
  "path": "section/50",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "50",
  "heading": "Application and commencement of Part V.",
  "text": "(1) This Part of this Act shall apply to Scotland only.\n(2) This Part of this Act shall come into operation on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument.\n(3) Nothing in this Part of this Act shall affect any action in respect of which warrant for service has been granted before the commencement of this Part of this Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "1.1.1957 appointed under s. 50(2) by S.I. 1956/2099 (1956 I, p. 558), art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/4-5/46/section/50",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:14:38.801549+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."
}