{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003/section-133",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003/section-133.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/44",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003",
  "path": "section/133",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "133",
  "heading": "Proof of statements in documents",
  "text": "Where a statement in a document is admissible as evidence in criminal proceedings, the statement may be proved by producing either—\n(a) the document, or\n(b) (whether or not the document exists) a copy of the document or of the material part of it,\nauthenticated in whatever way the court may approve.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 133 wholly in force at 4.4.2005, see s. 336(3) and S.I. 2005/950, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 6 (subject to art. 2(2), Sch. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/44/section/133",
    "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."
}