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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-law-act-northern-ireland-1962/section-56",
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  "legislation": "apni/1962/14",
  "legislation_title": "Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-law-act-northern-ireland-1962",
  "path": "section/56",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "56",
  "heading": "Rights of creditors.",
  "text": "The provisions of this Act prohibiting—\n(a) payments and contracts for payments;\n(b) the payment or incurring of election expenses in excess of the maximum amount allowed by this Act; or\n(c) the incurring of expenses not authorised by the election agent;\nshall not affect the right of any creditor, who, when the contract was made or the expense was incurred, was ignorant of that contract or expense being in contravention of this Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1962/14/section/56",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:32:59.497504+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."
}