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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bahamas-independence-order-1973/schedule-1/paragraph-117",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1973/1080",
  "legislation_title": "The Bahamas Independence Order 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bahamas-independence-order-1973",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/117",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "117",
  "heading": "Appointments, etc. of judicial and legal officers",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, power to make appointments to public offices to which this Article applies and to remove and to exercise disciplinary control over persons holding or acting in such offices is hereby vested in the Governor-General acting in accordance with the advice of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission.\n(2) This Article applies to such public offices for appointment to which persons are required to possess legal qualifications as may be prescribed by Parliament.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1973/1080/schedule/1/paragraph/117",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T22:06:14.990816+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."
}