{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/libel-act-1845/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/libel-act-1845/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/8-9/75",
  "legislation_title": "Libel Act 1845",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/libel-act-1845",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Defendant not to file such plea without paying money into court by way of amends.",
  "text": "It shall not be competent to any defendant in such action, whether in England or in Ireland, to file any such plea, without at the same time making a payment of money into court by way of amends . . . , but every such plea so filed without payment of money into court shall be deemed a nullity, and may be treated as such by the plaintiff in the action.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1891 (c. 67)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Reference to Ireland to be construed as exclusive of Republic of Ireland: S.R.& O 1923/405 (Rev. X, p. 298:1923,p. 400), art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/8-9/75/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T18:58:35.121859+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."
  }
}