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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-no-2-northern-ireland-order-2003-repealed/article-3",
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  "legislation": "nisi/2003/3194",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (repealed)",
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  "path": "article/3",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Power of arrest for possession of cannabis",
  "text": "In Article 26(2) of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (NI 12) (list of offences to which powers of summary arrest apply) after sub-paragraph (l) insert—\n“(m) an offence under section 5(2) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (c. 38) (having possession of a controlled drug) in respect of cannabis or cannabis resin (within the meaning of that Act).” .",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "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/2003/3194/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:40:09.581497+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."
}