{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hares-preservation-act-1892/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hares-preservation-act-1892/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/55-56/8",
  "legislation_title": "Hares Preservation Act 1892",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hares-preservation-act-1892",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Close time.",
  "text": "It shall not be lawful during the months of March, April, May, June, or July to sell or expose for sale in any part of Great Britain any hare or leveret, and any person who during the months aforesaid shall so sell or expose for sale any hare or leveret shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale, including costs of conviction.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted (E.W.S.) by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45, SIF 39:1), s. 31 and Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289C, 289G"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/55-56/8/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:32:30.956804+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."
}