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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prevention-of-crimes-act-1871/section-17",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/34-35/112",
  "legislation_title": "Prevention of Crimes Act 1871",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prevention-of-crimes-act-1871",
  "path": "section/17",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "text": null,
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": "repealed",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 17 repealed (E.W.) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1981 (c. 19), Sch. 1 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 17: Except the words “A previous conviction in any one part of the United Kingdom may be proved against a prisoner in any other part of the United Kingdom.” expressed to be repealed (E.W.) (with effect only in relation to Criminal Proceedings) by Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60, SIF 95), s. 119(2), Sch. 7 Pt. IV.S. 17 repealed (S.) (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I Group 1."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/34-35/112/section/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:52:45.696789+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."
}