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  "legislation": "nisi/1981/1675",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981",
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  "path": "article/156",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "156",
  "heading": "Validity of documents issued in proceedings",
  "text": "A summons, warrant, decree or other document issued by a resident magistrate or lay magistrate shall not be void by reason of the person who signed the document subsequently dying or ceasing to hold or becoming disqualified for holding office.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "2002 c. 26"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/1675/article/156",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:43:00.143829+00:00"
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  "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."
}