{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-act-1871/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-act-1871/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/34-35/56",
  "legislation_title": "Dogs Act 1871",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-act-1871",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Definition of terms.",
  "text": "In this Act,—\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n“court of summary jurisdiction” as regards Scotland has the same meaning as in section 462 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975. . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Definitions of “local authority”, “local rate” and “Summary Jurisdiction Acts” repealed by Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1893 (c. 54) and Rabies Act 1974 (c. 17), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by Dangerous Dogs Act 1989 (c. 30, SIF 4:1), s. 2 (2)(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Definitions of “police district”, “chief officer of police” and “highway” repealed by Dogs Act 1906 (c. 32), Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/34-35/56/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:53:27.621123+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."
}