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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/custody-of-children-act-1891/section-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/54-55/3",
  "legislation_title": "Custody of Children Act 1891",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/custody-of-children-act-1891",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Power of Court as to production of child.",
  "text": "Where the parent of a child applies to the High Court or the Court of Session for a writ or order for the production of the child, and the Court is of opinion that the parent has abandoned or deserted the child, or that he has otherwise so conducted himself that the Court should refuse to enforce his right to the custody of the child, the Court may in its discretion decline to issue the writ or make the order.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/54-55/3/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:33:35.740897+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."
}