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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-124",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-124.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2795",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Procedure (Adoption) Rules 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005",
  "path": "article/124",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "124",
  "heading": "Evidence of witnesses – general rule",
  "text": "(1) The general rule is that any fact which needs to be proved by the evidence of witnesses is to be proved—\n(a) at final hearing, by their oral evidence; and\n(b) at any other hearing, by their evidence in writing.\n(2) This is subject—\n(a) to any provision to the contrary contained in these Rules or elsewhere; or\n(b) to any order of the court.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2795/article/124",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:49:01.488224+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."
}