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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/small-debts-act-1845-repealed-171991/section-24",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/8-9/127",
  "legislation_title": "Small Debts Act 1845 (repealed 1.7.1991)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/small-debts-act-1845-repealed-171991",
  "path": "section/24",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "†Interpretation of terms in the Act.",
  "text": "In the construction of this Act . . . every word importing the . . . masculine gender shall include . . . females as well as males . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by Administration of Justice Act 1977 (c. 38), Sch. 5 Pt. V"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Unreliable marginal note."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/8-9/127/section/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:32:58.157126+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."
}