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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-1994/article-39",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/1931",
  "legislation_title": "The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-1994",
  "path": "article/39",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Religious books, items and practices",
  "text": "(1) The Governor shall provide such literature and other materials as he considers appropriate for prisoners' religious needs.\n(2) Every prisoner shall, so far as reasonably practicable, be allowed–\n(a) to have in his possession and for his personal use, religious books, items and materials appropriate to his religious denomination; and\n(b) to engage in the practices of his religious denomination.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1931/article/39",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:28:57.887435+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."
}