{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-damage-northern-ireland-order-1977/article-4",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1977/426",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Damage (Northern Ireland) Order 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-damage-northern-ireland-order-1977",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Threats to destroy or damage property",
  "text": "A person who without lawful excuse makes to another a threat, intending that that other would fear it would be carried out,—\n(a) to destroy or damage any property belonging to that other or a third person; or\n(b) to destroy or damage his own property in a way which he knows is likely to endanger the life of that other or a third person;\nshall be guilty of an offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1977/426/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:53:35.544217+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."
}