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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bills-of-exchange-scotland-act-1772/section-43",
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  "legislation": "apgb/Geo3/12/72",
  "legislation_title": "Bills of Exchange (Scotland) Act 1772",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bills-of-exchange-scotland-act-1772",
  "path": "section/43",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "43",
  "heading": "After May 15, 1772, summary Execution by Horning, shall be competent to the Indorsee.",
  "text": "And summary execution, . . . , shall be competent to the indorsee of a bill, although the protest is not in the name of the indorsee craving the diligence, and although the bill is not reconveyed to him by indorsation, if he produces a receipt for the value by act of honour, or a missive letter from the protesting indorsee mentioning the dishonour, agreeable to the practice of merchants in returned bills.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 18, SIF 45:2), s. 108(2)(3), Sch. 7 paras. 5, 9(1), Sch. 8"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apgb/Geo3/12/72/section/43",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:09:20.943874+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."
}