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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/colonial-marriages-act-1865/section-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/28-29/64",
  "legislation_title": "Colonial Marriages Act 1865",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/colonial-marriages-act-1865",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Definition of “legislature.”",
  "text": "In this Act the word “legislature” shall include any authority competent to make laws for any of Her Majesty’s possessions abroad, except the Parliament of the United Kingdom and Her Majesty in Council.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:03:36.266117+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."
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