{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-attendance-of-witnesses-act-1965/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-attendance-of-witnesses-act-1965/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1965/69",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Procedure (Attendance of Witnesses) Act 1965",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-attendance-of-witnesses-act-1965",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Abolition of subpoenas in certain proceedings.",
  "text": "No subpoena ad testificandum or subpoena duces tecum shall issue after the commencement of this Act in respect of any proceedings for the purpose of which a witness summons may be issued under section 2 of this Act or in respect of any proceedings for the purpose of which a summons may be issued under section 97 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980(process for attendance of witnesses in magistrates’ courts).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43, SIF 82), Sch. 7 para. 56"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/69/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:57:06.125650+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."
}