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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-1985/schedule-9/part-In2/chapter-1/crossheading-general-rules/paragraph-6",
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  "legislation_title": "Companies Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-1985",
  "path": "schedule/9/part/In2/chapter/1/crossheading/general-rules/paragraph/6",
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  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Assets shall be shown under the relevant balance sheet headings even where the company has pledged them as security for its own liabilities or for those of third parties or has otherwise assigned them as security to third parties.\n(2) A company shall not include in its balance sheet assets pledged or otherwise assigned to it as security unless such assets are in the form of cash in the hands of the company.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/6/schedule/9/part/In2/chapter/1/crossheading/general-rules/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:00:40.159612+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."
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