{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-northern-ireland-order-1981/article-93",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-northern-ireland-order-1981/article-93.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1981/1675",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-northern-ireland-order-1981",
  "path": "article/93",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "93",
  "heading": "Restrictions on power to order immediate committal in default of payment of a sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction",
  "text": "(1) A warrant committing a person to prison in respect of non-payment of a sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction of a magistrates' court shall not be issued at the time of his conviction unless—\n(a) he appears to the court to have sufficient means to pay the sum forthwith; or\n(b) on being asked by the court whether he wishes to have time for payment he does not ask for time; or\n(c) the court is satisfied that he has no fixed abode in Northern Ireland; or\n(d) there is some other special circumstance appearing to the court to justify immediate committal;\nand if the court does issue a warrant of commitment, the court shall state in the warrant the reasons for not allowing the person committed time to pay.\n(2) This Article does not apply where the person is a child.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 93(1): renumbered from art. 93 (1.6.2018) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 21), ss. 30(10), 61(2) (with s. 30(12)); S.R. 2018/99, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 93(2) inserted (1.6.2018) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 21), ss. 30(10), 61(2) (with s. 30(12)); S.R. 2018/99, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/1675/article/93",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:43:00.143829+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."
}