{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-act-1971/section-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-act-1971/section-20.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1971/38",
  "legislation_title": "Misuse of Drugs Act 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/misuse-of-drugs-act-1971",
  "path": "section/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Assisting in or inducing commission outside United Kingdom of offence punishable under a corresponding law.",
  "text": "A person commits an offence if in the United Kingdom he assists in or induces the commission in any place outside the United Kingdom of an offence punishable under the provisions of a corresponding law in force in that place.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/38/section/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:50:00.895978+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."
}