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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sri-lanka-independence-act-1947/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/11-12/7",
  "legislation_title": "Sri Lanka Independence Act 1947",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sri-lanka-independence-act-1947",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to make provision for, and in connection with, the attainment by Sri Lanka of fully responsible status within the British Commonwealth of Nations.\n[10th December 1947]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "For references to “Ceylon” in this Act there are substituted references to “Sri Lanka” by virtue of Sri Lanka Republic Act 1972 (c. 55, SIF 26:40), s. 1(4)"
    }
  ],
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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."
}