{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-miscellaneous-provisions-act-northern-ireland-1968/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-miscellaneous-provisions-act-northern-ireland-1968/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1968/28",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-miscellaneous-provisions-act-northern-ireland-1968",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Assault on, and obstruction of, constables, etc.",
  "text": "(1) Any person who—\nPara. (a) rep. by 1998 c. 32\n(b) assaults any person with intent to resist or prevent the lawful apprehension of himself or of any other person for any offence;\nshall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—\n(i)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine, or to both; or\n(ii)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale, or to both.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nSubs. (3) repeals ss. 12‐14 of 1851 c. 19; s. 38 of 1861 c. 100; s. 10 of 1862 c. 50; s. 12 of 1871 c. 112; s. 14 of 1935 c. 13 (NI); s. 25(3) of 1953 c. 14 (NI)",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1972 c.9 (NI)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "1984 NI 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 7(2) repealed (1.3.2007) by Police and Criminal Evidence (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/288 (N.I. 2)), arts. 1(2), 15(4), 41(2), Sch. 1 para. 14, Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1968/28/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:30:09.534390+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."
}