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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hong-kong-war-wives-and-widows-act-1996/section-3",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/41",
  "legislation_title": "Hong Kong (War Wives and Widows) Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hong-kong-war-wives-and-widows-act-1996",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Short title and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Hong Kong (War Wives and Widows) Act 1996.\n(2) This Act has the same extent as the provisions of the British Nationality Act 1981 mentioned in section 2(2) above.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1981 c.61."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/41/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:29:55.107856+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."
}