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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2007/article-23",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2007/9780110717494",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-parliament-elections-etc-order-2007",
  "path": "article/23",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Effect of misdescription",
  "text": "No misnomer or inaccurate description of any person or place named–\n(a) in the register of electors; or\n(b) in any list, record, proxy paper, nomination paper, ballot paper, notice or other document required for the purposes of this Order,\naffects the full operation of the document with respect to that person or place in any case where the description of the person or place is such as to be commonly understood.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/9780110717494/article/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:18:40.633858+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."
}