{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicature-northern-ireland-act-1978/section-108",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicature-northern-ireland-act-1978/section-108.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1978/23",
  "legislation_title": "Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicature-northern-ireland-act-1978",
  "path": "section/108",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "108",
  "heading": "Election courts.",
  "text": "(1) On or before 1st October in each year the judges of the High Court and the Court of Appeal shall select two of their number to be judges for the trial of parliamentary election petitions for the purposes of section 123 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 and section 72(2) of the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962.\n(2) In the event of the death, retirement or unavailability through illness or other cause of any judge selected pursuant to this section, the judges of the High Court and the Court of Appeal shall as soon as may be convenient select one of their number to replace or act for him.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2, SIF 42), Sch. 8 para. 25"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1983 c. 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1962 c. 14 (N.I)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/23/section/108",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:23:00.123548+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."
}