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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-evidence-northern-ireland-order-2004/article-15",
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  "legislation": "nisi/2004/1501",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice (Evidence) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-evidence-northern-ireland-order-2004",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Court's duty to give reasons for rulings",
  "text": "(1) Where the court makes a relevant ruling—\n(a) it must state in open court (but in the absence of the jury, if there is one) its reasons for the ruling;\n(b) if it is a magistrates' court, it must cause the ruling and the reasons for it to be entered in the Order Book.\n(2) In this Article “relevant ruling” means—\n(a) a ruling on whether an item of evidence is evidence of a person's bad character;\n(b) a ruling on whether an item of such evidence is admissible under Article 5 or 6 (including a ruling on an application under Article 6(3));\n(c) a ruling under Article 12.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2004/1501/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:40:00.387980+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."
}