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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/convention-rights-compliance-scotland-act-2001/section-2",
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  "legislation": "asp/2001/7",
  "legislation_title": "Convention Rights (Compliance) (Scotland) Act 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/convention-rights-compliance-scotland-act-2001",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995",
  "text": "(1) In section 205 (punishment for murder) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.46) (in this Act, “the 1995 Act”)—\n(a) in subsection (1), after “subsections (2) and (3)” there is inserted “ and section 205D ”; and\n(b) subsections (4) to (6) are repealed.\n(2) After section 205 of the 1995 Act there is inserted—\n“ Only one sentence of imprisonment for life to be imposed in any proceedings\n205D Where a person is convicted on the same indictment of more than one offence for which the court must impose or would, apart from this section, have imposed a sentence of imprisonment for life, only one such sentence shall be imposed in respect of those offences.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2001/7/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:16.361199+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."
}