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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judiciary-and-courts-scotland-act-2008-consequential-modifications-order-2009/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2009/334",
  "legislation_title": "The Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2009",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Modification of the Promissory Oaths Act 1871",
  "text": "In section 2 of the Promissory Oaths Act 1871 (persons before whom oaths to be taken) in the third paragraph (relating to Scotland) after the words “acts as justice” insert “or sheriff, or, for a part-time sheriff, in open court before any sheriff principal”.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in force at 1.10.2009, see art. 1(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1871 c.48 (34 and 35 Vict.)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/334/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:59:37.513833+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."
}