{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/falkland-islands-courts-overseas-jurisdiction-order-1989/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/falkland-islands-courts-overseas-jurisdiction-order-1989/article-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/2399",
  "legislation_title": "The Falkland Islands Courts (Overseas Jurisdiction) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/falkland-islands-courts-overseas-jurisdiction-order-1989",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Application of Falkland Islands Constitution to Territory offences.",
  "text": "In relation to a case in which proceedings for a criminal offence under the law of a Territory are being pursued before a court of the Falkland Islands under any provision of this Order, or in which such proceedings are in contemplation, or in which a person has been convicted in such proceedings, references in the Constitution to—\n(a) a criminal offence shall be construed as including references to a criminal offence under the law of the Territory;\n(b) an order of a court shall be construed as including references to an order of a court of the Territory; and\n(c) authority of law for the deprivation of a person’s personal liberty shall be construed as including references to any law of the Territory authorising such deprivation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2399/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:30:49.748370+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."
}