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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-rights-act-1998/schedule-1/part-II/chapter-3",
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  "legislation_title": "Human Rights Act 1998",
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  "path": "schedule/1/part/II/chapter/3",
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  "number": "Article 3",
  "heading": "Right to free elections",
  "text": "The High Contracting Parties undertake to hold free elections at reasonable intervals by secret ballot, under conditions which will ensure the free expression of the opinion of the people in the choice of the legislature.",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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