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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-discipline-act-1860/section-LXVII",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/23-24/123",
  "legislation_title": "Naval Discipline Act 1860",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-discipline-act-1860",
  "path": "section/LXVII",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "LXVII",
  "heading": "Proviso for Discharge or Removal of Prisoners.",
  "text": "Whenever any Prisoner is undergoing Imprisonment in pursuance of this Act, it shall be lawful for the Admiralty, or where an Offender has been imprisoned by Order of his Commanding Officer, for such Commanding Officer, to give an Order in Writing directing that the Prisoner be discharged ; and it shall also be lawful for the Admiralty and any Officer commanding any of Her Majesty's Ships, by Order in Writing, to direct that any such Prisoner be delivered over to Naval Custody for the Purpose of being brought before a Court-martial, either as a Witness, or for Trial or otherwise, and such Prisoner shall accordingly, on the Production of any such Order, be discharged, or be delivered over to such Custody.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/23-24/123/section/LXVII",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:11:08.179985+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."
}