{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universities-scotland-act-1858/section-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/21-22/83",
  "legislation_title": "Universities (Scotland) Act 1858",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universities-scotland-act-1858",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointment of Chancellors.",
  "text": "The Chancellor of each of the Universities of St. Andrew’s, Glasgow, and Aberdeen shall be elected by the other members of the general council herein-after mentioned; and in time coming there shall be a Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh, to be elected in like manner: . . . the Chancellor of each of the said Universities shall hold his office for life; the Chancellor in each University shall have power to appoint a Vice-Chancellor, who may in the absence of the Chancellor discharge his office in so far as regards conferring degrees, but in no other respect.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1875 (c. 66)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/21-22/83/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:14:15.616010+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."
}