{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civic-government-scotland-act-1982/section-73",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civic-government-scotland-act-1982/section-73.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/45",
  "legislation_title": "Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civic-government-scotland-act-1982",
  "path": "section/73",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "73",
  "heading": "No right of ownership conferred by finding.",
  "text": "No person who—\n(a) finds any property appearing to have been lost or abandoned;\n(b) is the employer of a finder of such property; or\n(c) owns or occupies the land or premises on which such property is found,\nshall by reason only of the finding of that property have any right to claim ownership of it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/45/section/73",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:10:54.687186+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."
}