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  "legislation_title": "The Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland (Practice and Procedure) Rules 2005",
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  "heading": "Evidence of witnesses– general rule",
  "text": "Evidence before the Tribunal may be given orally or by signed statement but the Tribunal may at any stage of the proceedings require the personal attendance of any witness to give oral evidence.",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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