{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/demise-of-the-crown-act-1901/section-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Edw7/1/5",
  "legislation_title": "Demise of the Crown Act 1901",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/demise-of-the-crown-act-1901",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Effect of demise of Crown on holding of office.",
  "text": "(1) The holding of any office under the Crown, whether within or without His Majesty’s dominions, shall not be affected, nor shall any fresh appointment thereto be rendered necessary, by the demise of the Crown.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S.1(2) repealed by Statue Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39), Sch. 1 Pt. I"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/1/5/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:25:35.222650+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."
}