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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universities-scotland-act-1858/section-3",
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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/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Offices of principal in Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Edinburgh not to be deemed “Chairs of Theology”.",
  "text": "The principals in the Universities of Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Edinburgh, appointed in time to come, shall not, as such, be or be deemed professors of divinity, nor shall it be a valid objection to any person appointed to the office of principal in any of the said universities that he is a layman; . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1894 (c. 56)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/21-22/83/section/3",
    "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."
}