{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-1994/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-1994/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1994/2795",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-1994",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Period of imprisonment for default",
  "text": "(1) In section 35 of the Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1945 (powers of Crown Court or county courts in relation to fines and forfeited recognizances) for subsection (2) there shall be substituted—\n“(2) The periods set out in the second column of the following Table shall be the maximum periods of imprisonment or detention which may be fixed under subsection (1)(c) applicable respectively to the amounts set out opposite thereto—\nTABLE\nAn amount not exceeding £200\n7 days\nAn amount exceeding £200 but not exceeding £500\n14 days\nAn amount exceeding £500 but not exceeding £1,000\n28 days\nAn amount exceeding £1,000 but not exceeding £2,500\n45 days\nAn amount exceeding £2,500 but not exceeding £5,000\n3 months\nAn amount exceeding £5,000 but not exceeding £10,000\n6 months\nAn amount exceeding £10,000 but not exceeding £20,000\n12 months\nAn amount exceeding £20,000 but not exceeding £50,000\n18 months\nAn amount exceeding £50,000 but not exceeding £100,000\n2 years\nAn amount exceeding £100,000 but not exceeding £250,000\n3 years\nAn amount exceeding £250,000 but not exceeding £1 million\n5 years\nAn amount exceeding £1 million\n10 years\n” .\n(2) For the Table in paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (maximum periods of imprisonment for default in paying sums adjudged to be paid by a conviction), there shall be substituted the following Table—\n“\nTABLE\nAn amount not exceeding £200\n7 days\nAn amount exceeding £200 but not exceeding £500\n14 days\nAn amount exceeding £500 but not exceeding £1,000\n28 days\nAn amount exceeding £1,000 but not exceeding £2,500\n45 days\nAn amount exceeding £2,500 but not exceeding £5,000\n3 months\nAn amount exceeding £5,000 but not exceeding £10,000\n6 months\nAn amount exceeding £10,000\n12 months\n”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1945 c. 15 (NI)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "1981 NI 26"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1994/2795/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:44:36.002561+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."
}