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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996-disclosure-rules-1997/article-9",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/703",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996) (Disclosure) Rules 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996-disclosure-rules-1997",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "General",
  "text": "(1) Any hearing held in pursuance of or in accordance with these Rules may be adjourned from time to time.\n(2) Any hearing referred to in paragraph (1) above other than one held in pursuance of rule 8 may be held in private.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/384",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Procedure Rules 2005 (revoked)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/703/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:22:13.324658+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."
}