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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mercantile-law-amendment-act-scotland-1856/section-17",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/19-20/60",
  "legislation_title": "Mercantile Law Amendment Act Scotland 1856",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mercantile-law-amendment-act-scotland-1856",
  "path": "section/17",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Carriers to be liable for losses by accidental fires.",
  "text": "All carriers for hire of goods within Scotland shall be liable to make good to the owner of such goods all losses arising from accidental fire while such goods were in the custody or possession of such carriers.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/19-20/60/section/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:17:21.651064+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."
}