{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/treason-act-1795-repealed-3091998/section-5",
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  "legislation": "apgb/Geo3/36/7",
  "legislation_title": "Treason Act 1795 (repealed 30.9.1998)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/treason-act-1795-repealed-3091998",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Persons accused of treason to be entitled to benefit of 7 & 8 Will. 3. c. 3. and 7 Ann. c. 21.",
  "text": "Provided always, that all and every person or persons that shall at any time be accused or indicted or prosecuted for any offence made or declared to be treason by this Act shall be entitled to the benefit of the Treason Act 1695 and also to the provisions made by the Treason Act 1708.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1695 c. 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1708 c. 21."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apgb/Geo3/36/7/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:05:25.979992+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."
}