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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1982/schedule-17/paragraph-18",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/48",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 1982",
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  "number": "18",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Any provision of Schedule 15 to this Act which alters the penalty for any offence shall not affect the penalty for an offence committed before that provision comes into force.",
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  "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."
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