{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-of-distress-amendment-act-1895/section-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/58-59/24",
  "legislation_title": "Law of Distress Amendment Act 1895",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-of-distress-amendment-act-1895",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Penalty for acting without certificate.",
  "text": "If any person not holding a certificate for the time being in force under the Law of Distress Amendment Act 1888, levies a distress contrary to the provisions of that Act, he shall without prejudice to any civil liability be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/58-59/24/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:29:45.833010+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."
}