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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/security-of-king-and-government-act-1695/section-X",
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  "legislation": "aep/Will3/7-8/27",
  "legislation_title": "Security of King and Government Act 1695",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/security-of-king-and-government-act-1695",
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  "kind": "section",
  "number": "X",
  "heading": "Limitation of Information for Words spoken.",
  "text": "Two Witnesses necessary to Conviction.\nProvided alwayes and be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid That no Person shall be prosecuted by virtue of this Act for any Words spoken unlesse the Informac[i]on of such Words be given upon Oath to One or more Justice or Justices of the Peace within Three days after such Words spoken and the Prosecution of such Offence be within Three Months after such Information And that no Person shall be convicted by virtue of this Act but upon the Oaths of Two credible Witnesses for any such Words spoken Any thing in this Act to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/7-8/27/section/X",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:23:34.149349+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."
}