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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cremation-act-1952/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cremation-act-1952/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6and1Eliz2/15-16/31",
  "legislation_title": "Cremation Act 1952",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cremation-act-1952",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Short title, citation and commencement.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Cremation Act 1952, and this Act and the Cremation Act, 1902, may be cited together as the Cremation Acts 1902 and 1952.\n(2) This Act (except subsection (2) of section two) shall come into force three months after the passing of this Act; and the said subsection (2) shall come into force on the passing of this Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1902 c. 8."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6and1Eliz2/15-16/31/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:17:37.311514+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}