{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-liability-contribution-act-1978/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-liability-contribution-act-1978/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1978/47",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-liability-contribution-act-1978",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Proceedings against persons jointly liable for the same debt or damage.",
  "text": "Judgment recovered against any person liable in respect of any debt or damage shall not be a bar to an action, or to the continuance of an action, against any other person who is (apart from any such bar) jointly liable with him in respect of the same debt or damage.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/47/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:21:37.986533+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."
}