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(1)This Act may be cited as the Sexual Offences (Procedure and Evidence) (Scotland) Act 2002.
(2)This Act (except this section) comes into force on such day as the Scottish Ministers may, by order made by statutory instrument, appoint; and different days may be so appointed for different purposes.
(3)An order under subsection (2) above may contain such transitional and saving provisions as the Scottish Ministers consider necessary or expedient in connection with the provisions brought into force by the order.
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