{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-of-the-press-act-1662/section-XVI",
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  "legislation": "aep/Cha2/14/33",
  "legislation_title": "Licensing of the Press Act 1662",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-of-the-press-act-1662",
  "path": "section/XVI",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "XVI",
  "heading": "Printers to reserve Three Copies of every Book, one for the King's Library, and one for each of the Universities.",
  "text": "And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That every Printer shall reserve three printed Copies of the best and largest Paper of every Book new printed or reprinted by him with Additions and shall before any publick venting of the said Book bring them to the Master of the Company of Stationers and deliver them to him one whereof shall be delivered to the Keeper of his Majesties Library and the other two to be sent to the Vice-Chancellors of the two Universities respectively for the use of the Publique Libraries of the said Universities",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Cha2/14/33/section/XVI",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:31:43.999284+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."
}