{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/larceny-act-1916/section-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/larceny-act-1916/section-25.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1916/50",
  "legislation_title": "Larceny Act 1916",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/larceny-act-1916",
  "path": "section/25",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Burglary",
  "text": "Every person who in the night—\n(1) breaks and enters the dwelling-house of another with intent to commit any felony therein; or\n(2) breaks out of the dwelling-house of another, having—\n(a) entered the said dwelling-house with intent to commit any felony therein ; or\n(b) committed any felony in the said dwellinghouse ;\nshall be guilty of felony called burglary and on conviction thereof liable to penal servitude for life.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1916/50/section/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:06:37.384693+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."
}