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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-evidence-act-1968-commencement-no-1-order-1968/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-evidence-act-1968-commencement-no-1-order-1968/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1968/1734",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Evidence Act 1968 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-evidence-act-1968-commencement-no-1-order-1968",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "This order brings into force on 2nd December 1968 those provisions of the Civil Evidence Act 1968 which make previous convictions, findings of adultery and adjudications of paternity admissible in evidence in subsequent civil proceedings.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1968/1734/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T23:18:25.048942+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."
}