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  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/61",
  "legislation_title": "British Nationality Act 1981",
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  "path": "schedule/7/crossheading/british-nationality-act-1948-c-56",
  "kind": "crossheading",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT 1948 (c. 56)",
  "text": "In section 3 (limitation of criminal liability of citizens of certain countries), after subsection (3) insert—\n“(4) In this section “foreign country” and “British protected person” have the same meaning as in the British Nationality Act 1981.”.",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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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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