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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/49-50/22",
  "legislation_title": "Metropolitan Police Act 1886",
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  "path": "section/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Short title.",
  "text": "This Act may be cited as the Metropolitan Police Act 1886 ...\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1898 (c. 22)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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