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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contempt-of-court-act-1981/schedule-1/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/49",
  "legislation_title": "Contempt of Court Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contempt-of-court-act-1981",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Criminal proceedings are concluded—\n(a) by acquittal or, as the case may be, by sentence;\n(b) by any other verdict, finding, order or decision which puts an end to the proceedings;\n(c) by discontinuance or by operation of law;\n(d) where the initial steps of the proceedings are as mentioned in paragraph 4(f)—\n(i) by refusal of the application;\n(ii) if the application is granted and within the period of 2 months mentioned in section 6(3) of the Double Jeopardy (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 16) a new prosecution is brought, by acquittal or, as the case may be, by sentence in the new prosecution.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 5(d) inserted (S.) (28.11.2011) by Double Jeopardy (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 16), s. 17(3), Sch. para. 4; S.S.I. 2011/365, art. 3"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/49/schedule/1/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:13:52.160059+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."
}