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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bahamas-independence-order-1973/schedule-1/paragraph-88",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1973/1080",
  "legislation_title": "The Bahamas Independence Order 1973",
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  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/88",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "88",
  "heading": "Permanent Secretaries",
  "text": "Where any Minister has been charged with responsibility for any department of Government, he shall exercise general direction and control over that department; and, subject to such direction and control, the department shall be under the supervision of a public officer (in this Constitution referred to as a Permanent Secretary) appointed for the purpose:\nProvided that two or more Government departments may be placed under the supervision of one Permanent Secretary.",
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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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