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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-criminal-justice-international-co-operation-rules-1991/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1074",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Criminal Justice (International Co-operation)) Rules 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-criminal-justice-international-co-operation-rules-1991",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Proof of service of summons outside the United Kingdom",
  "text": "(1) The service on any person of a summons issued under section 2(1) of the Act may be proved in any legal proceedings by a certificate given by or on behalf of the Secretary of State.\n(2) A statement in any such certificate as is mentioned in paragraph (1) above:\n(a) that a summons has been served;\n(b) of the manner in which a service was effected;\n(c) of the date upon which a summons was served,\nshall be admissable as evidence of any facts so stated.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1074/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:45:05.206651+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."
}