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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-insanity-and-unfitness-to-plead-act-1991/section-9",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/25",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Procedure (Insanity and Unfitness to Plead) Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-insanity-and-unfitness-to-plead-act-1991",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Criminal Procedure (Insanity and Unfitness to Plead) Act 1991.\n(2) This Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.\n(3) This Act extends to England and Wales only.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 9 wholly in force at 1.1.1992 see s. 9(2) and S.I. 1991/2488, art. 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "P",
      "label": "P1",
      "text": "S. 9(2): power exercised (31.10.1991) by S.I.1991/2488."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/25/section/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:38:29.295872+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."
}