{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/indictments-act-northern-ireland-1945/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/indictments-act-northern-ireland-1945/section-9.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1945/16",
  "legislation_title": "Indictments Act (Northern Ireland) 1945",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/indictments-act-northern-ireland-1945",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them, that is to say:—\nDefinition rep. by SI 1973/2163\n“the court” means the court before which any indictable offence is tried or prosecuted.\nSubs.(2) rep. by 1954 c.33 (NI); subs.(3) rep. by SLR (NI) 1952",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1945/16/section/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:34:09.659229+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."
}