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  "legislation_title": "British North America Act 1867",
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  "path": "section/144",
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  "number": "144",
  "heading": "Constitution of townships in Quebec.",
  "text": "The Lieutenant Governor of Quebec may from time to time, by proclamation under the Great Seal of the province, to take effect from a day to be appointed therein, constitute townships in those parts of the province of Quebec in which townships are not then already constituted, and fix the metes and bounds thereof.",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:00:28.561125+00:00"
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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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