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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-prize-act-1864/section-39",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/27-28/25",
  "legislation_title": "Naval Prize Act 1864",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-prize-act-1864",
  "path": "section/39",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Prizes taken by ships other than ships of war to be droits of Admiralty.",
  "text": "Any ship or goods taken as prize by any of the officers and crew of a ship other than a ship of war of Her Majesty shall, on condemnation, belong to Her Majesty in her office of Admiralty.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 39 excluded by Prize Act 1939 (c. 65), s. 1(3), Sch. Pt. II"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/27-28/25/section/39",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:05:39.504415+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."
}