{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/libel-act-1843/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/libel-act-1843/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/6-7/96",
  "legislation_title": "Libel Act 1843",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/libel-act-1843",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Proceedings upon the trial of an indictment or information for a defamatory libel. Double plea. Proviso as to plea of not guilty in civil and criminal proceedings.",
  "text": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "repealed",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 4-6 repealed (12.1.2010) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), s. 182(2)(e)(iii), Sch. 23 Pt. 2 (with s. 180)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/6-7/96/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:36:00.616314+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}