{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deer-act-1963-repealed-25101991/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deer-act-1963-repealed-25101991/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1963/36",
  "legislation_title": "Deer Act 1963 (Repealed 25.10.1991)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deer-act-1963-repealed-25101991",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Nightly close times.",
  "text": "Subject to section 10 of this Act, any person who takes or wilfully kills any deer between the expiration of the first hour after sunset and the commencement of the last hour before sunrise shall be guilty of an offence.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1963/36/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:00:24.308621+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."
}