# Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2013, Introduction: Introductory text


An Act to amend the law relating to sex offender notification, sexual offences prevention orders and human trafficking; to provide for the destruction, retention, use and other regulation of certain fingerprints and DNA samples and profiles; to provide for the release on licence of persons detained under Article 45(2) of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998; to amend Article 21BA of the Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1999; to abolish the common law offence of scandalising the judiciary; and to permit criminal proceedings on Sunday at certain times.
[25th April 2013]
BE IT ENACTED by being passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly and assented to by Her Majesty as follows:

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2013/7/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-northern-ireland-2013/introduction
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