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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/theft-act-1968/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/theft-act-1968/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/60",
  "legislation_title": "Theft Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/theft-act-1968",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Theft.",
  "text": "A person guilty of theft shall on conviction on indictment be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 7 substituted (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), s. 26(1); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch.2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/60/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:35:11.985343+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}