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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mauritius-independence-act-1968/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mauritius-independence-act-1968/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/8",
  "legislation_title": "Mauritius Independence Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mauritius-independence-act-1968",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act, and in any amendment made by this Act in any other enactment, “Mauritius” means the territories which immediately before the appointed day constitute the Colony of Mauritius.\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": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/8/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:54:39.744188+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."
}