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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fraud-act-2006/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fraud-act-2006/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/35",
  "legislation_title": "Fraud Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fraud-act-2006",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "“Gain” and “loss”",
  "text": "(1) The references to gain and loss in sections 2 to 4 are to be read in accordance with this section.\n(2) “Gain” and “loss”—\n(a) extend only to gain or loss in money or other property;\n(b) include any such gain or loss whether temporary or permanent;\nand “property” means any property whether real or personal (including things in action and other intangible property).\n(3) “Gain” includes a gain by keeping what one has, as well as a gain by getting what one does not have.\n(4) “Loss” includes a loss by not getting what one might get, as well as a loss by parting with what one has.",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/35/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:14:07.977901+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."
  }
}