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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defence-act-1860/section-45",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defence-act-1860/section-45.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/23-24/112",
  "legislation_title": "Defence Act 1860",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defence-act-1860",
  "path": "section/45",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "45",
  "heading": "Notices, &c. may be served on or given by the solicitor.",
  "text": "Any notice, summons, writ, or other document required to be served on the said Secretary of State may be served by being delivered to the solicitor appointed to act for the Ministry of Defence for the time being, or by being left for him thereat; and any notice, summons, writ, or other document required to be given by or on behalf of the said Secretary of State shall be given under the hand of such solicitor.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by S.I. 1964/488"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/23-24/112/section/45",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:11:16.382088+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."
}