{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defamation-act-1952/section-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defamation-act-1952/section-17.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6and1Eliz2/15-16/66",
  "legislation_title": "Defamation Act 1952",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defamation-act-1952",
  "path": "section/17",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Proceedings affected and saving.",
  "text": "(1) This Act applies for the purposes of any proceedings begun after the commencement of this Act, whenever the cause of action arose, but does not affect any proceedings begun before the commencement of this Act.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 17(2) repealed (S.) (28.3.2011) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), s. 206(1), Sch. 7 para. 6; S.S.I. 2011/178, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 17(2) repealed (E.W.) (12.1.2010) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), s. 182(2)(e)(vi), Sch. 23 Pt. 2 (with s. 180)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6and1Eliz2/15-16/66/section/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:17:11.082661+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."
}