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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-session-act-1988/section-53",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-session-act-1988/section-53.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/36",
  "legislation_title": "Court of Session Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/court-of-session-act-1988",
  "path": "section/53",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "53",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Court of Session Act 1988.\n(2) This Act shall come into force on the expiry of the period of 2 months beginning with the date on which it is passed.\n(3) This Act extends to Scotland only.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/36/section/53",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:52.535668+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."
}