{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-children-northern-ireland-order-1998/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-children-northern-ireland-order-1998/article-5.json",
  "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/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Words not to be used in relation to children dealt with summarily",
  "text": "(1) The words “conviction” and “sentence” shall not be used in relation to children dealt with summarily.\n(2) Any reference in any statutory provision (whenever passed or made) to a person convicted, a conviction or a sentence shall in the case of a child be construed as including a reference to a child found guilty of an offence, a finding of guilt or an order made upon such finding, as the case may be.",
  "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/5",
    "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."
}