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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-deaths-and-marriages-scotland-act-1965/section-59",
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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/59",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "59",
  "heading": "Short title, extent and commence-ment.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965.\n(2) This Act shall extend to Scotland only.\n(3) This Act shall come into force on 1st January 1966.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/49/section/59",
    "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."
}