{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/security-of-king-and-government-act-1695/section-XVI",
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  "legislation": "aep/Will3/7-8/27",
  "legislation_title": "Security of King and Government Act 1695",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/security-of-king-and-government-act-1695",
  "path": "section/XVI",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "XVI",
  "heading": "English Subjects returning from France without Leave, under Sign Manual,",
  "text": "High Treason.\nAnd for preventing of Traiterous Correspondence & Co[m]merce with the French King or his Subjects Bee it enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if dureing the present Warr betweene His Majesty and the French King any Person or Persons being His Majesties Subjects shall from and after the First Day of May in the Yeare of oure Lord One thousand six hundred ninety six voluntarily come or returne from France or any of the French Kings Dominions in Europe into England or any of His Majesties Dominions in Europe without His Majesties Leave under His Sign Manual for that Purpose first had and obtained and be thereof convicted by due Course of Law every Person soe offending shall be taken deemed and adjudged to be guilty of High Treason and shall suffer such Penalties as in Case of High Treason and shall and may be indicted and tryed for the same in such County of this Realme as His Majesty by his Commission under the Great Seale shall appoint.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/7-8/27/section/XVI",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:23:34.149349+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."
}