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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-messengers-at-arms-and-sheriff-officers-rules-1988/article-31",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/2097",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers Rules) 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-messengers-at-arms-and-sheriff-officers-rules-1988",
  "path": "article/31",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Dealings in goods poinded or sold by virtue of diligence",
  "text": "An officer of court shall not—\n(a) himself or through an agent, purchase any goods poinded or sold by virtue of a diligence in which he has acted in course of one of his official functions;\n(b) share with the creditor any goods of a debtor or the proceeds of sale of such goods adjudged to the creditor of the debtor by virtue of a diligence in which the officer of court has acted in course of one of his official functions; or (c) share with the purchaser any profit made by the purchaser in re-selling any goods bought at a sale carried out by virtue of diligence in which the officer of court has acted in course of one of his official functions.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2097/article/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:53:48.933597+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."
}