{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/probation-service-act-1993-repealed/section-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/probation-service-act-1993-repealed/section-14.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1993/47",
  "legislation_title": "Probation Service Act 1993 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/probation-service-act-1993-repealed",
  "path": "section/14",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "General functions of probation officers.",
  "text": "It is the duty of probation officers—\n(a) to supervise the probationers and other persons placed under their supervision and to advise, assist and befriend them;\n(b) with a view to assisting the court in determining the most suitable method of dealing with a person’s case, to inquire (in accordance with any directions of the court) into, and make reports on, his circumstances or home surroundings;\n(c) to advise, assist and befriend, in such cases and in such manner as may be prescribed, persons who have been released from custody; and\n(d) to perform such other duties as may be prescribed.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/47/section/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:34:38.408521+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."
}