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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/census-amendment-act-2000/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/census-amendment-act-2000/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/24",
  "legislation_title": "Census (Amendment) Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/census-amendment-act-2000",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Particulars in respect of religion may be required.",
  "text": "(1) In the Schedule to the Census Act 1920 (matters in respect of which particulars may be required), after paragraph 5 there shall be inserted—\n“\n5A Religion.”\n(2) In section 8 of that Act (penalties), after subsection (1) there shall be inserted—\n“(1A) But no person shall be liable to a penalty under subsection (1) for refusing or neglecting to state any particulars in respect of religion.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1920 c. 41."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/24/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:46.248622+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}