{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-7.json",
  "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/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Supplementary provisions as to discharge",
  "text": "(1) Without prejudice to Article 36(1) of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (which enables a court to order the parent or guardian of a child found guilty of an offence to give security for his good behaviour), a court may, on the making of an order for conditional discharge or a probation order, if it thinks it expedient for the purpose of the reformation of the offender, require the offender, or—\n(a) if the offender is under the age of 16 years, his parent or guardian; or\n(b) if the offender has attained the age of 14 years but is under the age of 18 years, the offender or his parent or guardian,\nto give security for the good behaviour of the offender.\n(2) Any security given under paragraph (1) shall be by way of recognizance.\n(3) In proceedings before the Crown Court under Articles 4 to 6, any question whether any person in whose case an order for conditional discharge has been made has been convicted of an offence during the period of conditional discharge shall be determined by the Court and not by the verdict of a jury.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1998 NI 9"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "2002 c. 26"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1996/3160/article/7",
    "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."
}