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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bishops-in-foreign-countries-act-1841/introduction",
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  "legislation_title": "Bishops in Foreign Countries Act 1841",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to amend an Act made in the Twenty-sixth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, intituled “An Act to empower the Archbishop of Canterbury or the Archbishop of York for the Time being to consecrate to the Office of a Bishop Persons being Subjects or Citizens of Countries out of His Majesty’s Dominions.”\n[5th October 1841]",
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      "text": "Short title given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)"
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      "text": "Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1890 (c. 51)"
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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