{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-law-amendment-northern-ireland-order-1977/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-law-amendment-northern-ireland-order-1977/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1977/1249",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Law (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-law-amendment-northern-ireland-order-1977",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Increase in penalties for certain offences",
  "text": "Para. (1) amends s. 4 of 1861 c. 100; para. (2) amends s. 3 of 1883 c. 3\n(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not have effect in relation to an offence committed before the commencement of this Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1977/1249/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:53:27.974399+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."
}