{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-evidence-northern-ireland-order-2004/article-37",
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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/37",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "37",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part III",
  "text": "(1) In this Part—\n“copy”, in relation to a document, means anything on to which information recorded in the document has been copied, by whatever means and whether directly or indirectly;\n“criminal proceedings” means criminal proceedings in relation to which the strict rules of evidence apply;\n“defendant”, in relation to criminal proceedings, means a person charged with an offence in those proceedings;\n“document” means anything in which information of any description is recorded;\n“oral evidence” includes evidence which, by reason of any disability, disorder or other impairment, a person called as a witness gives in writing or by signs or by way of any device.\n(2) Article 19 (statements and matters stated) contains other general interpretative provisions.\n(3) Where a defendant is charged with two or more offences in the same criminal proceedings, this Part has effect as if each offence were charged in separate proceedings.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2004/1501/article/37",
    "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."
}