{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-evidence-act-1979/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-evidence-act-1979/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1979/16",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Evidence Act 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-evidence-act-1979",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Short title and commencement.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Criminal Evidence Act 1979.\n(2) This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of one month beginning with the date on which it is passed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/16/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:18:23.633872+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."
}