{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hawkers-act-1697/section-VI",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hawkers-act-1697/section-VI.json",
  "legislation": "aep/Will3/9/27",
  "legislation_title": "Hawkers Act 1697",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hawkers-act-1697",
  "path": "section/VI",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "VI",
  "heading": "In Actions for executing Act,",
  "text": "General Issue may be pleaded; Treble Costs.\nAnd be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if any Person or Persons shall be sued molested or troubled for putting in Execution any the Powers contained in this Act or for doing any Matter or Thing pursuant thereunto such Person or Persons shall and may plead the General Issue not Guilty and give the Special Matter in Evidence and if the Plaintiffe or Plaintiffs shall be nonsuited or Judgment given against him or them upon Demurrer or a Virdict pass for the Defendant such Defendant shall have his or their Treble Costs to be recovered in such Manner as where by Law Costs are given to Defendants.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/9/27/section/VI",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:22:50.458014+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."
}