{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dramatic-and-musical-performers-protection-act-1958/section-3",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/6-7/44",
  "legislation_title": "Dramatic and Musical Performers' Protection Act 1958",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dramatic-and-musical-performers-protection-act-1958",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Penalization of broadcasting without consent of performers",
  "text": "Subject to the provisions of this Act, a person who, otherwise than by the use of a record or cinematograph film, knowingly broadcasts a performance of a dramatic or musical work, or any part of such a performance, without the consent in writing of the performers, shall be guilty of an offence under this Act, and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/6-7/44/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:52.097801+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."
}