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  "legislation": "asp/2009/9",
  "legislation_title": "Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009",
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  "number": "62",
  "heading": "Short title and commencement",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009.\n(2) This Act (other than sections 1(4), 17(3), 58 to 60 and this section) comes into force in accordance with provision made by the Scottish Ministers by order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "S. 62(2) power partly exercised: 1.12.2010 appointed for specified provisions by S.S.I. 2010/357, art. 2(a)"
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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."
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