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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-1948/schedule-FIRST/group-TABLEn1/group-TABLE/part-I/crossheading-interpretation/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/11-12/38",
  "legislation_title": "Companies Act 1948",
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  "path": "schedule/FIRST/group/TABLEn1/group/TABLE/part/I/crossheading/interpretation/paragraph/1",
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  "number": "1",
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  "text": "In these regulations :—\n“the Act ” means the Companies Act, 1948.\n“the seal ” means the common seal of the company.\n“secretary ” means any person appointed to perform the duties of the secretary of the company.\n“the United Kingdom ” means Great Britain and Northern Ireland.\nExpressions referring to writing shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as including references to printing, lithography, photography, and other modes of representing or reproducing words in a visible form.\nUnless the context otherwise requires, words or expressions contained in these regulations shall bear the same meaning as in the Act or any statutory modification thereof in force at the date at which these regulations become binding on the company.",
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  "version": "current",
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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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