{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-act-1871/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-act-1871/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/34-35/56",
  "legislation_title": "Dogs Act 1871",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-act-1871",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Dangerous dogs may be destroyed.",
  "text": "Any court of summary jurisdiction may take cognizance of a complaint that a dog is dangerous, and not kept under proper control, and if it appears to the court having cognizance of such complaint that such dog is dangerous, the court may make an order in a summary way directing the dog to be kept by the owner under proper control or destroyed, . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by Dangerous Dogs Act 1989 (c. 30, SIF 4:1), s. 2 (3)(a)(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 2 explained (E.W.S.) (12.8.1991) by Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 (c. 65, SIF 4:1), s. 3(5); S.I. 1991/1742, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 2 extended by Dogs Act 1906 (c. 32), s. 1(4); amended by Dogs Amendment Act 1938 (c. 21)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/34-35/56/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:53:27.621123+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."
  }
}