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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-evidence-northern-ireland-order-2004/article-36",
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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/36",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "Proof of statements in documents",
  "text": "Where a statement in a document is admissible as evidence in criminal proceedings, the statement may be proved by producing either—\n(a) the document, or\n(b) (whether or not the document exists) a copy of the document or of the material part of it,\nauthenticated in whatever way the court may approve.",
  "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/36",
    "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."
}