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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/banking-act-1979/section-47",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/banking-act-1979/section-47.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1979/37",
  "legislation_title": "Banking Act 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/banking-act-1979",
  "path": "section/47",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "47",
  "heading": "Defence of contributory negligence.",
  "text": "In any circumstances in which proof of absence of negligence on the part of a banker would be a defence in proceedings by reason of section 4 of the Cheques Act 1957, a defence of contributory negligence shall also be available to the banker notwithstanding the provisions of section 11(1) of the Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1957 c. 36(13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1977 c. 32(122:2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/37/section/47",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:28:03.285681+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}