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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-inquests-rules-2013/article-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-inquests-rules-2013/article-20.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/1616",
  "legislation_title": "The Coroners (Inquests) Rules 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-inquests-rules-2013",
  "path": "article/20",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Evidence given on oath or affirmation",
  "text": "(1) A witness providing evidence at an inquest hearing shall be examined by the coroner on oath or affirmation subject to paragraph (2).\n(2) A child under the age of 14, or a child aged 14 or over who is considered by the coroner to be unable to understand the nature of an oath or affirmation, may, on promising to tell the truth, be permitted to give unsworn evidence.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 20 in force at 25.7.2013, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1616/article/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:49:15.352919+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."
}