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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-law-scotland-act-1830/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo4and1Will4/11/37",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Law (Scotland) Act 1830",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-law-scotland-act-1830",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to amend an Act of the ninth year of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, to facilitate Criminal Trials in Scotland, and to abridge the Period now required between the pronouncing of Sentence and Execution thereof, in cases importing a Capital Punishment.\n[16th July 1830]",
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  "status": null,
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      "text": "Short title given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)"
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      "text": "Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1890 (c. 51)"
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