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  "legislation": "apni/1953/18",
  "legislation_title": "Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-act-northern-ireland-1953",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to repeal and re-enact with amendments certain enactments relating to the confinement and treatment of prisoners, the administration of prisons, and offences arising in connection therewith; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.\n[19th May 1953]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "1968 c. 29 (NI)"
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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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