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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-discipline-act-1860/section-XXIV",
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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/XXIV",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "XXIV",
  "heading": "Penalty on Officer for Cruelty or Oppression.",
  "text": "Every Officer subject to this Act who shall be guilty of Cruelty, or of any scandalous or fraudulent Conduct, shall be dismissed with Disgrace from Her Majesty's Service; and every Officer subject to this Act who shall be guilty of any other Conduct unbecoming the Character of an Officer shall be dismissed, with or without Disgrace, from Her Majesty's Service.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/23-24/123/section/XXIV",
    "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."
}