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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dealing-in-cultural-objects-offences-act-2003/section-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/27",
  "legislation_title": "Dealing in Cultural Objects (Offences) Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dealing-in-cultural-objects-offences-act-2003",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Offence of dealing in tainted cultural objects",
  "text": "(1) A person is guilty of an offence if he dishonestly deals in a cultural object that is tainted, knowing or believing that the object is tainted.\n(2) It is immaterial whether he knows or believes that the object is a cultural object.\n(3) A person guilty of the offence is liable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years or a fine (or both),\n(b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/27/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:05.213352+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."
}