{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/theft-act-1968/schedule-2/paragraph-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/theft-act-1968/schedule-2/paragraph-11.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/60",
  "legislation_title": "Theft Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/theft-act-1968",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/11",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 72 there shall be added as a new subsection (3)—\n“(3) In any proceedings in England or Wales for an offence under section 53, 55. 56, 57 or 58 of this Act, section 27(4) of the Theft Act 1968 shall apply as it is expressed to apply to proceedings for the theft of anything in the course of transmission by post , and in the case of proceedings under section 53 of this Act a statutory declaration made by any person that a vessel, vehicle or aircraft was at any time employed by or under the Post Office for the transmission of postal packets under contract shall be admissible as evidence of the facts stated in the declaration subject to the same conditions as under section 27(4)(a) and (b) of the Theft Act 1968 apply to declarations admissible under section 27(4).”",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/60/schedule/2/paragraph/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:52:53.355488+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."
}