{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-children-northern-ireland-order-1998/article-47",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-children-northern-ireland-order-1998/article-47.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1998/1504",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-children-northern-ireland-order-1998",
  "path": "article/47",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "47",
  "heading": "Limitation on punishment for contempt of court",
  "text": "(1) A child shall not be ordered to be detained in custody—\n(a) for contempt of court; ...\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of a child who has attained the age of 16 if the court certifies that his behaviour is such that no other method of dealing with him is appropriate.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 47(1)(b) and preceding word repealed (1.6.2018) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 21), ss. 30(3), 61(2) (with s. 30(12)); S.R. 2018/99, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 47 title substituted (1.6.2018) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 21), ss. 30(3), 61(2) (with s. 30(12)); S.R. 2018/99, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1998/1504/article/47",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:41:01.478052+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."
}