diff --git a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/redaction/model/Section.java b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/redaction/model/Section.java
index 452ae5a3..779d8217 100644
--- a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/redaction/model/Section.java
+++ b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/redaction/model/Section.java
@@ -605,8 +605,15 @@ public class Section {
                                      @Argument(ArgumentType.BOOLEAN) boolean skipRemoveEntitiesContainedInLarger,
                                      @Argument(ArgumentType.BOOLEAN) boolean sortedResult) {
 
-        String startValue = getFirstRexExMatch(startPattern, startPatternCaseInsensitive, startGroup);
-        String stopValue = getFirstRexExMatch(stopPattern, stopPatternCaseInsensitive, stopGroup);
+        String startValue = getFirstRexExMatch(searchText, startPattern, startPatternCaseInsensitive, startGroup);
+
+        if (startValue == null){
+            return;
+        }
+
+        String searchTextAfter = StringUtils.substringAfter(searchText, startValue);
+
+        String stopValue = getFirstRexExMatch(searchTextAfter, stopPattern, stopPatternCaseInsensitive, stopGroup);
 
         if (startValue != null && stopValue != null) {
             redactBetween(startValue, stopValue, includeStart, includeStop, type, ruleNumber, false, false, reason, legalBasis, true, skipRemoveEntitiesContainedInLarger, sortedResult);
@@ -1148,10 +1155,10 @@ public class Section {
     }
 
 
-    private String getFirstRexExMatch(String pattern, boolean patternCaseInsensitive, int group) {
+    private String getFirstRexExMatch(String text, String pattern, boolean patternCaseInsensitive, int group) {
 
         Pattern compiledPattern = Patterns.getCompiledPattern(pattern, patternCaseInsensitive);
-        Matcher matcher = compiledPattern.matcher(searchText);
+        Matcher matcher = compiledPattern.matcher(text);
 
         while (matcher.find()) {
             String match = matcher.group(group);