{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-immunity-act-1978/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-immunity-act-1978/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1978/33",
  "legislation_title": "State Immunity Act 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-immunity-act-1978",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "General immunity from jurisdiction.",
  "text": "(1) A State is immune from the jurisdiction of the courts of the United Kingdom except as provided in the following provisions of this Part of this Act.\n(2) A court shall give effect to the immunity conferred by this section even though the State does not appear in the proceedings in question.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/33/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:22:51.440596+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."
}