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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/burgh-customs-scotland-act-1870/section-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/33-34/42",
  "legislation_title": "Burgh Customs (Scotland) Act 1870",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/burgh-customs-scotland-act-1870",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Interpretation of terms.",
  "text": "The word “burgh” shall mean any royal, parliamentary, or other burgh, as defined by the word “burgh” in the General Police and Improvement Act (Scotland), 1862, and in which heretofore petty customs have been levied or leviable.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1862 c. 101."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/33-34/42/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:55:04.979913+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."
}