{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/female-genital-mutilation-act-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/female-genital-mutilation-act-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-20.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/31",
  "legislation_title": "Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/female-genital-mutilation-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/20",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The court before which there are criminal proceedings in Northern Ireland for a genital mutilation offence may make an FGM protection order (without an application being made to it) if—\n(a) the court considers that an FGM protection order should be made to protect a girl (whether or not the victim of the offence in relation to the criminal proceedings), and\n(b) a person who would be a respondent to any proceedings for an FGM protection order is a defendant in the criminal proceedings.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 inserted (17.7.2015) by Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9), ss. 73(2), 88(1) (with s. 86(14)(15)); S.I. 2015/1428, reg. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/31/schedule/2/paragraph/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:02.022803+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."
}