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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defamation-and-malicious-publication-scotland-act-2021/section-28",
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  "legislation": "asp/2021/10",
  "legislation_title": "Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Act 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defamation-and-malicious-publication-scotland-act-2021",
  "path": "section/28",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Power of court to order a summary of its judgment to be published",
  "text": "(1) A court may, in finding for the pursuer in defamation proceedings or proceedings under Part 2, order the defender to publish a summary of the judgment.\n(2) It is for the parties to agree—\n(a) the wording of the summary, and\n(b) the time, manner, form and place of its publication.\n(3) But if the parties cannot agree—\n(a) the wording of the summary, the court must determine it,\n(b) a matter in subsection (2) (b), the court may give such directions as it considers appropriate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 28 in force at 8.8.2022 by S.S.I. 2022/154, regs. 1(2), 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2021/10/section/28",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:12:34.201134+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."
}