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  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/5-6/11",
  "legislation_title": "Homicide Act 1957",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/homicide-act-1957",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to make for England and Wales (and for courts-martial wherever sitting) amendments of the law relating to homicide and the trial and punishment of murder, and for Scotland amendments of the law relating to the trial and punishment of murder and attempts to murder.\n[21st March 1957]",
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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."
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