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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/geneva-conventions-act-1957/schedule-FOURTH/part-2/crossheading-article-16",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/5-6/52",
  "legislation_title": "Geneva Conventions Act 1957",
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  "path": "schedule/FOURTH/part/2/crossheading/article-16",
  "kind": "crossheading",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "ARTICLE 16",
  "text": "The wounded and sick, as well as the infirm, and expectant mothers, shall be the object of particular protection and respect.\nAs far as military considerations allow, each Party to the conflict shall facilitate the steps taken to search for the killed and wounded, to assist the shipwrecked and other persons exposed to grave danger, and to protect them against pillage and ill-treatment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/5-6/52/schedule/FOURTH/part/2/crossheading/article-16",
    "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."
}