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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/malawi-independence-act-1964/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/malawi-independence-act-1964/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1964/46",
  "legislation_title": "Malawi Independence Act 1964",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/malawi-independence-act-1964",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act “the existing Constitution Order” means the Nyasaland (Constitution) Order in Council 1963 as amended by the Nyasaland (Constitution) (No. 2) Order in Council 1963 and any further Order in Council made before the appointed day.\n(2) References in this Act to any enactment are references to that enactment as amended or extended by or under any other enactment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 1963 No. 883"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "S.I. 1963 No. 2092."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1964/46/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:59:30.873348+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."
}