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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-children-act-1978/schedule/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1978/37",
  "legislation_title": "Protection of Children Act 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-children-act-1978",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A person claiming that he has a legitimate reason for possessing the property or a part of it may give notice of his claim to a constable at any police station in the police area in which the property was seized.\n(2) Oral notice is not sufficient for these purposes.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. inserted (1.4.2008) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 39(45), 53(1), Sch. 11; S.I. 2008/790, art. 2(c)"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:21:48.620806+00:00"
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  "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."
}