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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/standing-civilian-courts-order-1997/article-77",
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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/77",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "77",
  "heading": "Deliberation on sentence",
  "text": "(1) Where the magistrate is not sitting alone, the court shall sit in closed court to deliberate on sentence.\n(2) Where the court sits in closed court, no person shall be present except the magistrate and any member of the court and assessor sitting with him.",
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  "status": null,
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/172/article/77",
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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."
}