{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-confiscation-rules-northern-ireland-2003/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-confiscation-rules-northern-ireland-2003/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2003/122",
  "legislation_title": "Magistrates' Courts (Proceeds of Crime Act 2002) (Confiscation) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-confiscation-rules-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Committal",
  "text": "Where a magistrates' court commits a defendant to the Crown Court under section 218(2) of the Act, as soon as practicable the clerk of petty sessions shall send to the chief clerk...: –\n(a) a certificate of order;\n(b) any written statements tendered in evidence and any depositions taken at the magistrates' court;\n(c) such documents and articles produced in evidence before the court as have been retained by the court;\n(d) any report relating to the defendant considered by the court;\n(e) if the defendant is committed to the Crown Court on bail, the recognizance of the defendant;\n(f) any recognizance entered into by any person as surety for the defendant.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 5 omitted (31.10.2016) by virtue of The Magistrates’ Courts (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/303), rules 2, 32(2); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 5 in operation at 24.3.2003, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/122/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:04:03.925702+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."
}