{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/libel-act-1792-repealed/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/libel-act-1792-repealed/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "apgb/Geo3/32/60",
  "legislation_title": "Libel Act 1792 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/libel-act-1792-repealed",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "But the court shall give their opinion and directions on the matter in issue as in other criminal cases.",
  "text": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "repealed",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Act repealed: (E.W.) (12.1.2010) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), Sch. 23 Pt. 2 (with s. 180); and (S.) (28.3.2011) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), s. 206(1), Sch. 7 para. 1; S.S.I. 2011/178, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apgb/Geo3/32/60/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:08:51.647683+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."
}