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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/48-49/49",
  "legislation_title": "Submarine Telegraph Act 1885",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/submarine-telegraph-act-1885",
  "path": "schedule/part/8",
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  "number": "ARTICLE VIII",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The tribunals competent to take cognizance of infractions of the present Convention are those of the country to which the vessel on board of which the offence was committed belongs.\nIt is, moreover, understood that, in cases where the provisions in the previous paragraph cannot apply, offences against the present Convention will be dealt with in each of the Contracting States in accordance, so far as the subjects and citizens of those States respectively are concerned, with the general rules of criminal jurisdiction prescribed by the laws of that particular State, or by international treaties.",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:38:18.208518+00:00"
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  "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."
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