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  "title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Amendment) Rules 2004",
  "long_title": "These Rules insert a new rule into the Magistrates' Courts Rules 1981 and insert new forms into the Magistrates' Courts (Forms) Rules 1981. The new rule and forms provide for the practice and procedure to be followed in Magistrates' Courts in England and Wales in connection with the admission of bad character evidence under Part II Chapter 1 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.",
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