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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-deaths-and-marriages-special-provisions-act-1957/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/5-6/58",
  "legislation_title": "Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Special Provisions) Act 1957",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-deaths-and-marriages-special-provisions-act-1957",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to provide for the registration of births, deaths and marriages occurring out of the United Kingdom among members of the armed forces and certain other persons, or occurring on board certain ships or aircraft; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.\n[31st July 1957]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Act extended by S.I. 1972/971, art. 4, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "E",
      "label": "E1",
      "text": "For the extent of this Act see s. 7(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/5-6/58/introduction",
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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."
}