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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standing-civilian-courts-order-1997/article-23",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/172",
  "legislation_title": "The Standing Civilian Courts Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standing-civilian-courts-order-1997",
  "path": "article/23",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Additional evidence before trial",
  "text": "If before the opening of proceedings the prosecutor wishes to adduce at trial any evidence additional to that contained in the prosecution papers, he shall serve the additional evidence (or details of its whereabouts) on the accused and the court administration officer.",
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  "status": null,
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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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