{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-clauses-consolidation-act-1845/section-144",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-clauses-consolidation-act-1845/section-144.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/8-9/20",
  "legislation_title": "Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-clauses-consolidation-act-1845",
  "path": "section/144",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "144",
  "heading": "Penalty for defacing boards used for such publication.",
  "text": "If any person pull down or injure any board put up or affixed for the purpose of publishing any byelaw of the company or any penalty imposed by this or the special Act , or shall obliterate any of the letters or figures thereon, he shall forfeit for every such offence a sum not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale , and shall defray the expences attending the restoration of such board.",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by Transport Act 1962 (c. 46), s. 84(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "For “£25” there is substituted (E.W.) “level 1 on the standard scale” by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 144 incorporated (with modifications) (22.3.2005) by Midland Metro (Wednesbury to Brierley Hill and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/927), art. 4(1)(2) (with art. 51)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 144 incorporated (with modifications) (E.W.) (22.7.2005) by Midland Metro (Birmingham City Centre Extension, etc.) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1794), arts. 1, 4 (with art. 47)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 144 incorporated (with modifications) (25.11.2005) by Docklands Light Railway (Capacity Enhancement) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3105), arts. 1, 4(1)(2) (with arts. 3(5), 15(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 144 incorporated (with modifications) (E.W.) (14.6.2016) by The Midland Metro (Birmingham City Centre Extension, etc.) (Land Acquisition and Variation) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/545), arts. 1, 4 (with art. 39)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "S. 144 incorporated (with modifications) (E.W.) (2.8.2016) by The Midland Metro (Wolverhampton City Centre Extension) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/684), arts. 1, 3 (with arts. 46, 47, Sch. 9 para. 4, Sch. 10 para. 12(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "S. 144 incorporated (with modifications) (23.2.2017) by High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Act 2017 (c. 7), s. 70(1), Sch. 29 para. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "S. 144 incorporated (with modifications) (E.W.) (4.3.2020) by The Midland Metro (Birmingham Eastside Extension) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/141), arts. 1, 3 (with arts. 47, 48, Sch. 10 para. 19)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C8",
      "text": "S. 144 incorporated (with modifications) (11.2.2021) by High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Act 2021 (c. 2), s. 64(1), Sch. 28 para. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C9",
      "text": "S. 144 extended by Transport Act 1962 (c. 46), Sch. 2 Pt. IV and Transport Act 1968 (c. 73), Sch. 16 para. 1S. 144 incorporated (with modifications) (29.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1347, art. 4(1)(2) (with arts. 15, 37, 38(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/8-9/20/section/144",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:34:18.834843+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."
}