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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/evidence-and-powers-of-attorney-act-1940/section-8",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/3-4/28",
  "legislation_title": "Evidence and Powers of Attorney Act 1940",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/evidence-and-powers-of-attorney-act-1940",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "†Short title and interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Evidence and Powers of Attorney Act, 1940.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 5—7, 8(2) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1953 c. 5 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2)"
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  "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."
}