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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995/schedule-11/part-I/chapter-12/crossheading-duty-to-render-assistance/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/21",
  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping Act 1995",
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  "path": "schedule/11/part/I/chapter/12/crossheading/duty-to-render-assistance/paragraph/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Every master is bound, so far as he can do so without serious danger to his vessel and persons thereon, to render assistance to any person in danger of being lost at sea.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-13T03:32:56.510488+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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