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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-railways-act-1868/section-40",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/31-32/119",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation of Railways Act 1868",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-railways-act-1868",
  "path": "section/40",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Recovery, &c. of penalties.",
  "text": "Every penalty imposed by this Act shall be recovered and applied in the same manner as penalties imposed by the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845, and the Railways Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845, (as the case may require) are for the time being recoverable and applicable.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1845 c. 20."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1845 c. 33."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/31-32/119/section/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:57:12.929767+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."
}