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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-scotland-act-1976-repealed-141996/section-22",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1976/67",
  "legislation_title": "Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 1976 (repealed 1.4.1996)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-scotland-act-1976-repealed-141996",
  "path": "section/22",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 1976.\n(2) This Act shall come into operation at the expiration of the period of one month beginning with the day on which it is passed.\n(3) This Act shall extend to Scotland only.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/67/section/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:27:45.851795+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."
}