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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-scotland-act-1976-repealed-141996/section-6",
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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  "legislation_title": "Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 1976 (repealed 1.4.1996)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-scotland-act-1976-repealed-141996",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/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Defence to charge of indecent assault.",
  "text": "It shall be a defence to a charge of indecent assault committed against a girl under the age of 16 years that the person so charged had reasonable cause to believe that the girl was his wife.",
  "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/6",
    "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."
}