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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-registration-of-sierra-leone-government-ships-order-1951/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1951/143",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Sierra Leone Government Ships) Order 1951",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-registration-of-sierra-leone-government-ships-order-1951",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Upon the transfer of a registered Government ship in the service of the Colonial Government by Bill of Sale, the Colonial Government shall be the transferors, and the Bill of Sale shall be in Form A in the proper form prescribed under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Act”), omitting the covenant therein contained. Any such Bill of Sale shall be signed by the Colonial Secretary or other officer or Crown Agent as aforesaid on behalf of the Colonial Government.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1951/143/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T02:14:08.693084+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."
}