{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-of-property-act-1925/section-195",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-of-property-act-1925/section-195.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/15-16/20",
  "legislation_title": "Law of Property Act 1925",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-of-property-act-1925",
  "path": "section/195",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "195",
  "heading": "Equitable charges in right of judgment debt, &c.",
  "text": "1)–(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) A recognisance, on behalf of the Crown or otherwise, whether entered into before or after the commencement of this Act, and an inquisition finding a debt due to the Crown, and any obligation or speciality made to or in favour of the Crown, whatever may have been its date, shall not operate as a charge on any interest in land, or on the unpaid purchase money for any land, unless or until a writ or order, for the purpose of enforcing it, is registered in the register of writs and orders at the Land Registry.\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 195(1)–(3), (5) repealed by Administration of Justice Act 1956 (c. 46), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "N.B. Unreliable marginal note."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/15-16/20/section/195",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:43:09.274032+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."
}