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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-children-northern-ireland-order-1998/article-47",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/1998/0110790170",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-children-northern-ireland-order-1998",
  "path": "article/47",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "47",
  "heading": "Limitation on punishment for contempt of court or default of payment of fine, etc.",
  "text": "(1) A child shall not be ordered to be detained in custody—\n(a) for contempt of court; or\n(b) in default of payment of a fine, costs, damages or compensation.\n(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of a child who has attained the age of 16 if the court certifies that his behaviour is such that no other method of dealing with him is appropriate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1998/0110790170/article/47",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:20:29.819946+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."
}