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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/41",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Conduct) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
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  "number": "1.4",
  "heading": "Article 1 Professional Duty",
  "text": "Police officers shall not subject any person to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. No circumstances whatsoever may be invoked as a justification for torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.\n(Sourced from: Article 5 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Article 3 European Convention of Human Rights; Principle 6 United Nations Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment.)",
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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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