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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-2005/article-21",
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  "legislation": "nisi/2005/1965",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-2005",
  "path": "article/21",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Continuous bail",
  "text": "(1) In Article 48 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (NI 26) for “the recognizance may be conditioned” substitute “ any recognizance or condition of bail may provide ”.\n(2) In Article 48 of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (NI 12) after paragraph (1) insert—\n“(1A) A person released on bail and subject to a duty to appear before a magistrates' court in accordance with paragraph (1)(a) shall be deemed for the purpose of Articles 48 and 49 of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 to have been remanded on bail.” .",
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  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2005/1965/article/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:39:37.429476+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."
}