{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/witnesses-public-inquiries-protection-act-1892/section-3",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/55-56/64",
  "legislation_title": "Witnesses (Public Inquiries) Protection Act 1892",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/witnesses-public-inquiries-protection-act-1892",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Prosecution of offences.",
  "text": "A prosecution for any offence under this Act may be heard and determined by a court of summary jurisdiction under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts, . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed (E.W.) (S.) by Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45), s. 65(7), Sch. 13"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 3 explained (E.W.) by Magistrates' Courts Act 1952 (c. 55), s. 127(2)"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:31:48.888380+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."
}