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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statement-of-rates-act-1919/section-3",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/9-10/31",
  "legislation_title": "Statement of Rates Act 1919",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statement-of-rates-act-1919",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Penalty.",
  "text": "If any person makes a demand for rent or gives a receipt for rent in contravention of this Act, he shall, in respect of each offence, be liable on summary conviction to a fine of not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Law Act 1977 (c.45, SIF 39:1), s. 31(5)(6) and, as so substituted, by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c.48, SIF 39:1), s. 46"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/9-10/31/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:00:24.011162+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."
}