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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/debts-deceased-servicemen-etc-act-1893/section-4",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/56-57/5",
  "legislation_title": "Debts (Deceased Servicemen etc) Act 1893",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/debts-deceased-servicemen-etc-act-1893",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Decision of question as to preferential charges.",
  "text": "If in any case a doubt or difference arises in relation to any preferential charge or the payment thereof, the decision of the Secretary of State, or of such officer or person as the Secretary of State deputes by writing to act in this behalf, shall be final, and shall be binding on all persons for all purposes.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/56-57/5/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:31:44.398916+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."
}