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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/navy-and-marines-property-of-deceased-order-1956/article-26",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1956/1217",
  "legislation_title": "The Navy and Marines (Property of Deceased) Order 1956",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/navy-and-marines-property-of-deceased-order-1956",
  "path": "article/26",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Any medal or decoration belonging to an officer, seaman, or marine issued before his death shall, on coming into the custody of the Admiralty, be delivered to his representative, unless representation has been taken out by a creditor as such, in which case it shall be disposed of as if it had not been issued.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1956/1217/article/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T01:18:02.365563+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."
}