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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/succession-scotland-act-1964/section-38",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/succession-scotland-act-1964/section-38.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1964/41",
  "legislation_title": "Succession (Scotland) Act 1964",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/succession-scotland-act-1964",
  "path": "section/38",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Citation, extent and commencement.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Succession (Scotland) Act 1964.\n(2) This Act shall extend to Scotland only.\n(3) This Act shall come into operation on the expiration of the period of three months beginning with the date on which it is passed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1964/41/section/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:59:34.825030+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."
}