{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cheques-act-1957/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cheques-act-1957/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/5-6/36",
  "legislation_title": "Cheques Act 1957",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cheques-act-1957",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Short title and commencement.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Cheques Act 1957.\n(2) This Act shall come into operation at the expiration of a period of three months beginning with the day on which it is passed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/5-6/36/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:13:50.110186+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}