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<Title><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2006/2" id="c00001" Class="ScottishAct" Year="2006" Number="0002">Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006</Citation></Title>
<Number>2</Number>
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<DateText>20 January 2006</DateText>
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<Title><CitationSubRef id="c00113" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2006/2/section/40" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-40">Section 40</CitationSubRef>: Aliment</Title>
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<Text>This section provides for the rules which will apply in defining aliment in marriages involving a foreign element.</Text>
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