{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983/section-194",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983/section-194.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1983/2",
  "legislation_title": "Representation of the People Act 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983",
  "path": "section/194",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "194",
  "heading": "Broadcasting.",
  "text": "In relation to municipal elections in the City—\n(a) neither section 92 nor section 93 above apply by virtue of section 191 above to municipal elections in the City other than ward elections; and\n(b) for the purposes of section 93(1) a ward election shall be deemed to be pending during the period beginning—\n(i) in the case of an annual election three weeks before the day fixed for the election, and\n(ii) in other cases with the day on which the precept is issued.\nand ending in all cases with the day of the poll (or, if no poll is taken, with the day fixed for the election).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 17(1) substituted (29.1.2001 for certain purposes and 16.2.2001 otherwise) by 2000 c. 2, s. 8(a), Sch. 1 para. 10; S.I. 2001/116, art. 2(1)(2) (with art. 2(4))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/2/section/194",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:33:48.049414+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."
}