{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-northern-ireland-1966/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-northern-ireland-1966/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1966/20",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1966",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-northern-ireland-1966",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Meaning of certain expressions used in this Act.",
  "text": "In this Act—\nDefinition rep. by 1986 NI 4\n“mental abnormality” means an abnormality of mind which arises from a condition of arrested or retarded development of mind or any inherent causes or is induced by disease or injury;\n“insane person” means a person who suffers from mental abnormality which prevents him—\n(a)from appreciating what he is doing; or\n(b)from appreciating that what he is doing is either wrong or contrary to law; or\n(c)from controlling his own conduct; and\n“insanity” shall be construed accordingly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1966/20/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:32:14.329850+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."
}