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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/part-48/enacted",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/part-48/enacted.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2025/909",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/enacted",
  "path": "part/48",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "CONTEMPT OF COURT",
  "text": "Contents of this Part\nhGeneral rules\nWhen this Part appliesrule 48.1\nExercise of court’s power to deal with contempt of courtrule 48.2\nNotice of suspension of imprisonment by Court of Appeal or Crown Courtrule 48.3\nApplication to discharge an order for imprisonmentrule 48.4\nContempt of court by obstruction, disruption, etc.\nInitial procedure on obstruction, disruption, etc.rule 48.5\nReview after temporary detentionrule 48.6\nPostponement of enquiryrule 48.7\nProcedure on enquiryrule 48.8\nContempt of court by failure to comply with court order, etc.\nInitial procedure on failure to comply with court order, etc.rule 48.9\nProcedure on hearingrule 48.10\nIntroduction of written witness statement or other hearsayrule 48.11\nContent of written witness statementrule 48.12\nContent of notice of other hearsayrule 48.13\nCross-examination of maker of written witness statement or other hearsayrule 48.14\nCredibility and consistency of maker of written witness statement or other hearsayrule 48.15\nMagistrates’ courts’ powers to adjourn, etc.rule 48.16\nCourt’s power to vary requirementsrule 48.17",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "enacted",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/909/part/48",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:12:44.140935+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."
}