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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-act-1956/section-53",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-act-1956/section-53.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/4-5/69",
  "legislation_title": "Sexual Offences Act 1956",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-act-1956",
  "path": "section/53",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "53",
  "heading": "Construction of references to enactments.",
  "text": "Except in so far as the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Act to any other enactment shall be taken as referring to that enactment as amended by any subsequent enactment, including this Act.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/4-5/69/section/53",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:14:21.606031+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."
}