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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1961/section-35",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1961/section-35.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/9-10/39",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 1961",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1961",
  "path": "section/35",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "35",
  "heading": "Legal custody.",
  "text": "(1) Any person required or authorised by or under this Act to be taken to any place or to be kept in custody shall, while being so taken or kept, be deemed to be in legal custody.\n(2) A constable, or any other person required or authorised by or under this Act to take any person to or keep him at any place shall, while taking or keeping him there have all the powers, authorities, protection and privileges which a constable has within the area for which he acts as constable.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/9-10/39/section/35",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:10:15.898945+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."
}