{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/markets-and-fairs-clauses-act-1847/section-16",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/10-11/14",
  "legislation_title": "Markets And Fairs Clauses Act 1847",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/markets-and-fairs-clauses-act-1847",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Penalty for obstructing market or fair keeper.",
  "text": "Every person who shall assault or obstruct any person appointed by the undertakers to superintend the market or fair, or to keep order therein, whilst in the execution of his duty, shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted (E.W.S.) by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/10-11/14/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:31:17.701446+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."
}