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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-consolidation-act-1908/section-77",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Edw7/8/69",
  "legislation_title": "Companies (Consolidation) Act 1908",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-consolidation-act-1908",
  "path": "section/77",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "77",
  "heading": "Bills of exchange and promissory notes.",
  "text": "A bill of exchange or promissory note shall be deemed to have been made, accepted, or endorsed on behalf of a company if made, accepted, or endorsed in the name of, or by or on behalf or on account of, the company by any person acting under its authority.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/8/69/section/77",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:20:55.325260+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."
}