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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/stalking-protection-act-2019/section-13",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2019/9",
  "legislation_title": "Stalking Protection Act 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/stalking-protection-act-2019",
  "path": "section/13",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Procedure",
  "text": "(1) An application to a magistrates' court under any provision of this Act is to be by complaint.\n(2) Section 127 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (time limits) does not apply to a complaint under any provision of this Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 13 in force at 20.1.2020 by S.I. 2020/26, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/20",
      "affecting_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2019/9/section/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:04:20.452445+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."
}