{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-46",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1996/3160",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-1996",
  "path": "article/46",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Abolition of corroboration requirements under Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885",
  "text": "(1) In the 1885 c. 69. Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 in—\n(a) section 2 (procurement); and\n(b) section 3 (procurement of women by threats, false pretences or administering drugs),\nthe words from “Provided that” onwards (which provide that a person shall not be convicted of the offence concerned on the evidence of one witness only unless the witness is corroborated) are hereby repealed.\n(2) Nothing in this Article applies in relation to—\n(a) any trial, or\n(b) any preliminary investigation or preliminary inquiry into an indictable offence conducted by a magistrates' court,\nwhich began before the coming into operation of this Article.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1996/3160/article/46",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:41:32.090681+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."
}