{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994/section-159",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994/section-159.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1994/33",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994",
  "path": "section/159",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "159",
  "heading": "Backing of warrants: Republic of Ireland.",
  "text": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": "repealed",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 159 repealed (1.1.2004) by Extradition Act 2003 (c. 41), ss. 220, 226, Sch. 4; S.I. 2003/3103, art. 2 (subject to savings in the Order) (as amended by S.I. 2003/3312 art. 2(2) and S.I. 2003/3258, art. 2(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 159 wholly in force; s. 159 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 172; s. 159(1)(2)(4) in force at 19.12.1994 by S.I. 1994/2935, art. 2; s. 159(5) in force at 1.4.1997 by S.I. 1997/882, art. 2; s. 159(3) in force at 20.3.2002 by S.I. 2002/447, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/33/section/159",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:43.965785+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."
}