{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988/section-135",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988/section-135.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/33",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988",
  "path": "section/135",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "135",
  "heading": "Requirement of Attorney General’s consent for prosecutions.",
  "text": "Proceedings for an offence under section 134 above shall not be begun—\n(a) in England and Wales, except by, or with the consent of, the Attorney General; or\n(b) in Northern Ireland, except by, or with the consent of, the Advocate General for Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 135 substituted (12.4.2010) by Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26), s. 87(1), Sch. 7 para. 31; S.R. 2010/113, art. 2, Sch. para. 19(e)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/33/section/135",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:56.668542+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."
}