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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-courts-martial-general-orders-royal-navy-1991/article-40",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2737",
  "legislation_title": "The Naval Courts-Martial General Orders (Royal Navy) 1991",
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  "path": "article/40",
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  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Oath of witness",
  "text": "An oath shall be administered to each witness in accordance with Order 25 before he gives evidence and in the presence of the accused, save that in the case of a witness in respect of whom a different procedure is provided for by section 60 of the Act that procedure shall be followed before that witness gives evidence and in the presence of the accused.",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2737/article/40",
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  },
  "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."
}