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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/murder-abolition-of-death-penalty-act-1965/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1965/71",
  "legislation_title": "Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/murder-abolition-of-death-penalty-act-1965",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to abolish capital punishment in the case of persons convicted in Great Britain of murder or convicted of murder or a corresponding offence by court-martial and, in connection therewith, to make further provision for the punishment of persons so convicted.\n[8th November 1965]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "E",
      "label": "E1",
      "text": "For extent of this Act in relation to Northern Ireland see s. 3(3)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/71/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:57:04.619190+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."
}