{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pedlars-act-1871/section-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pedlars-act-1871/section-17.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/34-35/96",
  "legislation_title": "Pedlars Act 1871",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pedlars-act-1871",
  "path": "section/17",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Pedlar to show certificate to certain persons on demand.",
  "text": "Any pedlar shall at all times, on demand, produce and show his certificate to any of the following persons; (that is to say,)\n(1) Any justice of the peace; or\n(2) Any constable or officer of police; or\n(3) Any person to whom such pedlar offers his goods for sale; or\n(4) Any person in whose private grounds or premises such pedlar is found:\nAnd any pedlar who refuses, on demand, to show his certificate to, and allow it to be read and a copy thereof to be taken by, any of the persons hereby authorized to demand it, shall for each offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted (E.W.S.) by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/34-35/96/section/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:52:57.713798+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}