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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/evidence-act-1938/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/evidence-act-1938/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/1-2/28",
  "legislation_title": "Evidence Act 1938",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/evidence-act-1938",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "†Short title, extent and commencement.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Evidence Act 1938.\n(2) This Act shall not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 7(3) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (c. 6), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Unreliable marginal note."
    }
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    "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."
}