Added retrieval of sections
feature #10851 Added retrieval of sections (umpirsky)

This PR was squashed before being merged into the 2.3-dev branch (closes #10851).

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Added retrieval of sections

| Q             | A
| ------------- | ---
| Bug fix?      | no
| New feature?  | yes
| BC breaks?    | no
| Deprecations? | no
| Tests pass?   | yes
| Fixed tickets | #10145
| License       | MIT

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7928767 Added retrieval of sections