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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-service-civilian-court-rules-2009/article-39",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1209",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces (Service Civilian Court) Rules 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-service-civilian-court-rules-2009",
  "path": "article/39",
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  "heading": "Severance of defendants",
  "text": "Where two or more defendants are charged in a single charge, the court may direct, before the commencement of trial proceedings in relation to the charge, that the charge be replaced with charges against the defendants separately and in separate charge sheets.",
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  "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."
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