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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-animals-cruelty-to-dogs-act-1933/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-animals-cruelty-to-dogs-act-1933/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/23-24/17",
  "legislation_title": "Protection of Animals (Cruelty To Dogs) Act 1933",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-animals-cruelty-to-dogs-act-1933",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Short title and citation.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Protection of Animals (Cruelty to Dogs) Act, 1933, and the Protection of Animals Act, 1911, the 11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 14.Protection of Animals Act (1911) Amendment Act, 1921, and this Act may be cited together as the Protection of Animals Acts, 1911 to 1933.\n(2) This Act shall not extend to Scotland or to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/23-24/17/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:37:20.599279+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."
}