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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prohibition-of-female-circumcision-act-1985/section-4",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/38",
  "legislation_title": "Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prohibition-of-female-circumcision-act-1985",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement, and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985.\n(2) This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which it is passed.\n(3) This Act extends to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/38/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:00:14.206629+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."
}