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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defamation-act-2013/section-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defamation-act-2013/section-14.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2013/26",
  "legislation_title": "Defamation Act 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defamation-act-2013",
  "path": "section/14",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Special damage",
  "text": "(1) The Slander of Women Act 1891 is repealed.\n(2) The publication of a statement that conveys the imputation that a person has a contagious or infectious disease does not give rise to a cause of action for slander unless the publication causes the person special damage.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 14 in force at 1.1.2014 by S.I. 2013/3027, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/26/section/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:08:10.128554+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}