{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003/section-110",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003/section-110.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/44",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003",
  "path": "section/110",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "110",
  "heading": "Court’s duty to give reasons for rulings",
  "text": "(1) Where the court makes a relevant ruling—\n(a) it must state in open court (but in the absence of the jury, if there is one) its reasons for the ruling;\n(b) if it is a magistrates' court, it must cause the ruling and the reasons for it to be entered in the register of the court’s proceedings.\n(2) In this section “relevant ruling” means—\n(a) a ruling on whether an item of evidence is evidence of a person’s bad character;\n(b) a ruling on whether an item of such evidence is admissible under section 100 or 101 (including a ruling on an application under section 101(3));\n(c) a ruling under section 107.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/44/section/110",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:40.404644+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."
}