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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-hong-kong-act-1997/section-3",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/20",
  "legislation_title": "British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/british-nationality-hong-kong-act-1997",
  "path": "section/3",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Short title and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1997.\n(2) This Act has the same extent as the provisions of the principal Act mentioned in section 2(3) above.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/20/section/3",
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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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