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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-law-act-1977/schedule-12/part-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-law-act-1977/schedule-12/part-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1977/45",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Law Act 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-law-act-1977",
  "path": "schedule/12/part/4",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON ACT 1861 (C. 100)",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For section 16 (sending letters threatening to murder) substitute—\n“ Threats to kill.\n16 A person who without lawful excuse makes to another a threat, intending that that other would fear it would be carried out, to kill that other or a third person shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years.”",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/45/schedule/12/part/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:24:10.366712+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."
}