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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-northern-ireland-rules-1968/rule-4",
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  "legislation": "nisro/1968/218",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Rules 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-appeal-northern-ireland-rules-1968",
  "path": "rule/4",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Certificate of trial judge",
  "text": "(1) The judge of the court of trial may grant a certificate in Form 1 under section 8(1) or 17(1) of the Act, either of his own motion or at the request of a person convicted on indictment or found not guilty on the ground of insanity, as the case may be.\n(2) An application for the grant of a certificate may be made to the court of trial or lodged with the Registrar.\n(3) The Registrar shall forward a copy of any certificate granted by the judge of the court of trial to the person to whom it relates or to his solicitor.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisro/1968/218/rule/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T13:33:01.429812+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."
}