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(1)This Act may be cited as the Administration of Justice Act, 1956.
(2)Subject to any saving contained in this Act, the enactments mentioned in the Second Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.
(3)This Act, except Part V and section fifty-one thereof, shall not extend to Scotland.
(4)The provisions of this Act, other than Part V thereof, section fifty-five thereof and the First Schedule thereto, shall come into force on such day as the Lord Chancellor may appoint by order made by statutory instrument, and he may appoint different days for different purposes.
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