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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crossbows-northern-ireland-order-1988/article-8",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1988/794",
  "legislation_title": "The Crossbows (Northern Ireland) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crossbows-northern-ireland-order-1988",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Punishments",
  "text": "(1) A person guilty of an offence under this Order shall be liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both;\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 4 years, or to a fine, or to both.\n(3) The court by which a person is convicted of an offence under this Order may make such order as it thinks fit as to the forfeiture or disposal of any crossbow or part of a crossbow in respect of which the offence was committed.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 8(1) substituted (16.7.2008) for art. 8(1)(2) by Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1216 (N.I. 1)), arts. 1(4), 90(2); S.R. 2008/293, art. 2, Sch."
    }
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      "affecting_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026"
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1988/794/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:47:44.014930+00:00"
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  "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."
}