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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/evidence-act-1938/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/evidence-act-1938/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/1-2/28",
  "legislation_title": "Evidence Act 1938",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/evidence-act-1938",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Proof of instrument to validity of which attestation is necessary.",
  "text": "Subject as hereinafter provided, in any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, an instrument to the validity of which attestation is requisite may, instead of being proved by an attesting witness, be proved in the manner in which it might be proved if no attesting witness were alive:\nProvided that nothing in this section shall apply to the proof of wills or other testamentary documents.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/1-2/28/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:33:39.899259+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."
}