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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commons-act-1876/section-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commons-act-1876/section-17.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/39-40/56",
  "legislation_title": "Commons Act 1876",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/commons-act-1876",
  "path": "section/17",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Notice of application for confirmation of byelaws.",
  "text": "No such confirmation shall take place unless notice of the intention to apply therefor, stating the effect of this section, has been published by the conservators one month at least before the application.\nDuring one month at least before the application a copy of every byelaw, the making, alteration, or revocation of which is submitted for confirmation, shall be kept at the office of the person or body of persons making, altering, or revoking such byelaw open for inspection by persons interested, and such person or body of persons shall furnish a printed copy thereof to every person applying for the same on payment of a sum not exceeding 5p for each copy.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of Decimal Currency Act 1969 (c. 19), s. 10(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/39-40/56/section/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:47:05.811791+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}