{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-stores-act-1875/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-stores-act-1875/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/38-39/25",
  "legislation_title": "Public Stores Act 1875",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-stores-act-1875",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Unlawful possession of Her Majesty’s stores.",
  "text": "If any person is brought before a court of summary jurisdiction charged with conveying or with having in his possession or keeping any of Her Majesty’s stores reasonably suspected of being stolen or unlawfully obtained, and does not give an account to the satisfaction of the court how he came by the same, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a penalty not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale, or, in the discretion of the court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two months, . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 7 repealed (E.W.S.) by Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45), s. 65(10), Sch. 13"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted (N.I.) by virtue of The Fines and Penalties (Northern Ireland) Order 1984 (S.I. 1984/703), arts. 5-10"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words omitted (E.W.) by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58), s. 1(2); and (S.) by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), s. 221(2); and (N.I.) by virtue of Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 (c. 14), s. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/38-39/25/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:48:42.317867+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."
}