{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-2008/article-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-2008/article-31.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/2008/1216",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-2008",
  "path": "article/31",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Conviction while licence remains in force",
  "text": "Where it appears to the court by or before which a person is convicted of an offence—\n(a) that the offence was committed while the person was on licence under this Chapter, and\n(b) that the person has not been recalled to prison,\nthe court shall inform the Department of Justice of the conviction.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 31 substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 6(2), Sch. 5 para. 26 (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2008/1216/article/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:39:03.144833+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."
}