{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hypnotism-act-1952/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hypnotism-act-1952/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6and1Eliz2/15-16/46",
  "legislation_title": "Hypnotism Act 1952",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hypnotism-act-1952",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Entry of premises.",
  "text": "Any police constable may enter any premises where any entertainment is held if he has reasonable cause to believe that any act is being or may be done in contravention of this Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 2(4) substituted (E.W.) by Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (c. 30, SIF 81:1) , s. 1 , Sch. 2 para. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 4 repealed (E.W.) (1.7.2012) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9) , s. 120 , Sch. 2 para. 11(1) , Sch. 10 Pt. 2 (with s. 97 )"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6and1Eliz2/15-16/46/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:17:26.042525+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."
}