{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/geneva-conventions-act-1957/schedule-FOURTH/part-1/crossheading-article-6",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/5-6/52",
  "legislation_title": "Geneva Conventions Act 1957",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/geneva-conventions-act-1957",
  "path": "schedule/FOURTH/part/1/crossheading/article-6",
  "kind": "crossheading",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "ARTICLE 6",
  "text": "The present Convention shall apply from the outset of any conflict or occupation mentioned in Article 2.\nIn the territory of Parties to the conflict, the application of the present Convention shall cease on the general close of military operations.\nIn the case of occupied territory, the application of the present Convention shall cease one year after the general close of military operations; however, the Occupying Power shall be bound, for the duration of the occupation, to the extent that such Power exercises the functions of government in such territory, by the provisions of the following Articles of the present Convention: 1 to 12, 27, 29 to 34, 47, 49, 51, 52, 53, 59, 61 to 77, 143.\nProtected persons whose release, repatriation or re-establishment may take place after such dates shall meanwhile continue to benefit by the present Convention.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/5-6/52/schedule/FOURTH/part/1/crossheading/article-6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:13:37.866578+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."
}