# Compensation (Defence) Act 1939, Introduction: Introductory text


An Act to provide for compensation in respect of action taken on behalf of His Majesty in the exercise of certain emergency powers; and for the purposes connected with the matter aforesaid.
[1st September 1939]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/2-3/75/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/compensation-defence-act-1939/introduction
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