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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offences-against-the-person-act-1861/section-38",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/24-25/100",
  "legislation_title": "Offences against the Person Act 1861",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offences-against-the-person-act-1861",
  "path": "section/38",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Assault with intent to commit felony, or on peace officers, &c.",
  "text": "Whosoever . . . shall assault any person with intent to resist or prevent the lawful apprehension or detainer of himself or of any other person for any offence, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by Police Act 1964 (c. 48), Sch. 10 Pt. I and Criminal Law Act 1967 (c. 58), Sch. 3 Pt. III"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words omitted by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58), s. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 16, 20, 26, 27, 34, 36, 38, 47, 57, 60 amended as to mode of trial by Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43, SIF 82), Sch. 1 para. 5"
    },
    {
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      "text": "Unreliable marginal note"
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/24-25/100/section/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:09:26.210595+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."
}