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  "legislation": "ukpga/1975/66",
  "legislation_title": "Recess Elections Act 1975",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to the issue of warrants for by-elections when the House of Commons is in recess, and to repeal, as unnecessary, section 106(2) of the Bankruptcy Act 1914.\n[12th November 1975]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
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      "text": "Act wholly in force at 12.12.1975 see s. 5(7)"
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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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