{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/piracy-act-1670/section-II",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/piracy-act-1670/section-II.json",
  "legislation": "aep/Cha2/22-23/11",
  "legislation_title": "The Piracy Act 1670",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/piracy-act-1670",
  "path": "section/II",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "II",
  "heading": "The Master not to depart out of his Ship.",
  "text": "And bee it further enacted by the authoritie aforesaid That noe Master of any such English Shipp as aforesaid being at Sea, and haveing discovered any Shipp to be a Turkish Shipp, Pirate or Sea rover shall depart out of his Shipp upon any pp[re]tence whatsoever least by his detention on Board any such Shipp the safety of his owne Shipp be hazarded.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Cha2/22-23/11/section/II",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:27:41.239088+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."
  }
}