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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-court-rules-northern-ireland-1979/part-III/rule-11",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1979/90",
  "legislation_title": "The Crown Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crown-court-rules-northern-ireland-1979",
  "path": "part/III/rule/11",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Persons to take recognizances",
  "text": "(1) The Court may direct that a recognizance shall be entered into or other security given before—\n(a) a magistrates' court;\n(b) a clerk of petty sessions;\n(c) an officer of the Court;\n(d) in cases to which section 51 (7)(a) of the Act applies, the officer in charge of the police station to which a defendant is taken or a police officer of the rank of inspector or above; or\n(e) where the person admitted to bail is in a prison or other place of detention, the governor or keeper of that place.\n(2) Where the Court gives no direction under paragraph (1), a recognizance may, where the statutory conditions are satisfied, be entered into before any of the persons specified in that paragraph.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1979/90/part/III/rule/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:01:57.370490+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."
}