{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-agency-and-distribution-act-1864/section-20",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/27-28/24",
  "legislation_title": "Naval Agency and Distribution Act 1864",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-agency-and-distribution-act-1864",
  "path": "section/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Apportionment of per-centage where more than one ship, or on change of agent.",
  "text": "In the following cases,—\nWhere more than one of Her Majesty’s ships of war are entitled to participate in any such money,—\nWhere the ship’s agent is changed pending proceedings,—\nthe ship’s agent’s per-centage shall, in case of difference, be apportioned between or among the respective agents of the several ships, or the several persons having been and being the ship’s agent (as the case may be), in such manner as the registrar of the High Court of Admiralty thinks just, having regard to the duration and character of the services of the several agents in the case, subject to objection to the registrar’s award to be taken before the judge of the court.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/27-28/24/section/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:05:40.273918+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."
}