{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bills-of-sale-act-1878/section-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bills-of-sale-act-1878/section-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/41-42/31",
  "legislation_title": "Bills of Sale Act 1878",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bills-of-sale-act-1878",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Copies may be taken, &c.",
  "text": "Any person shall be entitled to have an office copy or extract of any registered bill of sale, and affidavit of execution filed therewith, or copy thereof, and of any affidavit filed therewith, if any, or registered affidavit of renewal, upon paying for the same at the like rate as for office copies of judgments of the High Court of Justice, and any copy of a registered bill of sale, and affidavit purporting to be an office copy thereof, shall in all courts and before all arbitrators or other persons, be admitted as prima facie evidence thereof, and of the fact and date of registration as shown thereon . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by Bills of Sale Act (1878) Amendment Act 1882 (c. 43), s. 16"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/41-42/31/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:45:32.008966+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."
}