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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988-torture-overseas-territories-order-1988/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/2242",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Torture) (Overseas Territories) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988-torture-overseas-territories-order-1988",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order extends sections 134 and 135 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988, subject to modifications, to the territories specified in Schedule 2 hereto.\nThe purpose of those sections is to give effect to provisions of the United Nations Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 10th December 1984.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2242/note",
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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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