{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988/section-28",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988/section-28.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/33",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988",
  "path": "section/28",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Documentary evidence— supplementary.",
  "text": "(1) Nothing in this Part of this Act shall prejudice—\n(a) the admissibility of a statement not made by a person while giving oral evidence in court which is admissible otherwise than by virtue of this Part of this Act; or\n(b) any power of a court to exclude at its discretion a statement admissible by virtue of this Part of this Act.\n(2) Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect for the purpose of supplementing this Part of this Act.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/33/section/28",
    "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."
}