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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-northern-ireland-act-1980/section-8",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/47",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-northern-ireland-act-1980",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Appeal against sentence following conviction on indictment.",
  "text": "A person convicted on indictment may appeal to the Court of Appeal against the sentence passed on his conviction, unless the sentence is one fixed by law.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 8 amended by S.I.1986/595 (N.I. 4), art.51(4)(a)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/47/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:15:13.972942+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."
}