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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dockyard-ports-regulation-act-1865/section-20",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/28-29/125",
  "legislation_title": "Dockyard Ports Regulation Act 1865",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dockyard-ports-regulation-act-1865",
  "path": "section/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Service of summons.",
  "text": "Any summons or other document in any proceeding on this Act or any Order in Council under it may (in addition to any other mode of service) be served by being left for the person to be served on board any vessel to which he belongs, with the person being or appearing to be in command or charge of the vessel.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/28-29/125/section/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:02:22.009395+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."
}