{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-damage-northern-ireland-order-1977/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-damage-northern-ireland-order-1977/article-6.json",
  "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/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Punishment of offences",
  "text": "(1) A person guilty of arson under Article 3 or of an offence under Article 3(2) (whether arson or not) shall on conviction on indictment be liable to imprisonment for life.\n(2) A person guilty of any other offence under this Order shall on conviction on indictment be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "2004 NI 15"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1977/426/article/6",
    "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."
}