{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-northern-ireland-1964/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-northern-ireland-1964/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1964/33",
  "legislation_title": "Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 1964",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charities-act-northern-ireland-1964",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Certification of cases to Attorney-General.",
  "text": "(1) Where it appears to the Ministry that the institution of legal proceedings should be considered in relation to any charity, the Ministry may send a certificate to that effect, together with such particulars as the Ministry considers may be necessary to explain the matter, to the Attorney-General.\n(2) Where the Attorney-General receives a certificate from the Ministry under subsection (1) he may, if he thinks fit, institute such legal proceedings as he considers proper.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1964/33/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:32:42.083178+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."
}