{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/telegraph-act-1868/section-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/telegraph-act-1868/section-20.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/31-32/110",
  "legislation_title": "Telegraph Act 1868",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/telegraph-act-1868",
  "path": "section/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Punishment for disclosing or intercepting messages.",
  "text": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": "repealed",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 20 repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, 3(2), Sch. 2 (with art, 4(11)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/31-32/110/section/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:57:19.377920+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."
}