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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-deaths-and-marriages-scotland-act-1965/section-52",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1965/49",
  "legislation_title": "Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-deaths-and-marriages-scotland-act-1965",
  "path": "section/52",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "52",
  "heading": "Sending of documents by post.",
  "text": "Any notice, information, declaration, certificate, requisition, return or other document required to be served, sent or issued by a district registrar by or under this Act or the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 may, unless the context otherwise requires, be sent by post or in accordance with any directions which may be given by the Registrar General.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words inserted by Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 (c. 15), Sch. 2 para. 9"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1977 c. 15."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/49/section/52",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:57:33.835387+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."
}