{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/beverley-freemen-act-2010/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/beverley-freemen-act-2010/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukla/2010/1",
  "legislation_title": "Beverley Freemen Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/beverley-freemen-act-2010",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Modification and amendment of the 1836 Act",
  "text": "In the 1836 Act so far as it remains capable of having effect—\n(a) any reference to the borough of Beverley shall have effect as if it were a reference to the extended Beverley area;\n(b) any reference to the limits of the borough of Beverley shall be construed as a reference to the limits of that area;\n(c) in sections 31 and 33, for “Widows Roll” there shall be substituted “Successors Roll”; and\n(d) in section 72, after “Male;” there shall be inserted the words “and the words “widow” and “widowhood” and any other word importing the feminine gender only shall extend and be applied to a male as well as a female”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/2010/1/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:45:03.693761+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."
}