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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bail-act-1976/schedule-1/part-I/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1976/63",
  "legislation_title": "Bail Act 1976",
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  "path": "schedule/1/part/I/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Where his case is adjourned for inquiries or a report, the defendant need not be granted bail if it appears to the court that it would be impracticable to complete the inquiries or make the report without keeping the defendant in custody.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
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      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2025/33",
      "affecting_title": "Mental Health Act 2025"
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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."
}