{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/exchequer-court-scotland-act-1856/section-23",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/19-20/56",
  "legislation_title": "Exchequer Court (Scotland) Act 1856",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/exchequer-court-scotland-act-1856",
  "path": "section/23",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Privilege of audience preserved to the Crown.",
  "text": "In all causes which shall be brought under this Act the Lord Advocate shall, in pleading on the behalf of the Crown, whether before the Court or a jury, have the privilege of being heard last, according to the present practice of the Court of Exchequer.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 15, 16, 19–23, 25–28repealed (S.) by Court of Session Act 1988 (c. 36, SIF 36:1), s. 52(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I (and re-enacted in part as referred to in Sch. 2 Pt. II of that Act)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/19-20/56/section/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:17:24.646157+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."
}