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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-and-security-northern-ireland-act-2007/section-25",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/6",
  "legislation_title": "Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-and-security-northern-ireland-act-2007",
  "path": "section/25",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Search for unlawfully detained persons",
  "text": "(1) A member of Her Majesty's forces on duty who reasonably believes that a person is unlawfully detained in such circumstances that his life is in danger may enter and search any premises for the purpose of ascertaining whether the person is detained there.\n(2) A person may enter a dwelling in reliance on subsection (1) only if he is authorised for the purpose by a commissioned officer of Her Majesty's forces.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/6/section/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:55.493954+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."
}