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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-protection-act-1803/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-protection-act-1803/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo3/43/141",
  "legislation_title": "Justices Protection Act 1803",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-protection-act-1803",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to render Justices of the Peace more safe in the Execution of their Duty.\n[11th August 1803]\nWhereas it is expedient that justices of the peace in Great Britain and Ireland respectively, who by virtue of divers Acts of Parliament in force in the United Kingdom are authorized and required to convict persons of sundry offences in a summary way, should be rendered more safe in the execution of such their duty:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Short title given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Act repealed (E.W.) by Justices Protection Act 1848 (c. 44), s. 17 and (N.I.) by Justices Protection (Ireland) Act 1849 (c. 16), s. 17"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Act extended by Circuit Courts (Scotland) Act 1828 (c. 29), s. 26"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo3/43/141/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:36:34.096325+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."
}