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  "legislation": "apgb/Geo3/15/39",
  "legislation_title": "Oaths Act 1775",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/oaths-act-1775",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to impower Justices of the Peace to administer Oaths where any Penalty is to be levied or Distress to be made, in pursuance of any Act of Parliament, wherein the same is not expressly directed.\nPreamble.\nWhereas it is frequently necessary for justices of the peace to administer oaths or affirmations, where penalties are to be levied or distresses to be made, in pursuance of Acts of Parliament, which they have no power to administer, unless authorised so to do by such Acts respectively:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Short title given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apgb/Geo3/15/39/introduction",
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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."
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