{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984/rule-42A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984/rule-42A.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1984/225",
  "legislation_title": "Magistrates’ Courts Rules (Northern Ireland) 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-northern-ireland-1984",
  "path": "rule/42A",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "42A",
  "heading": "Procedure for binding witnesses and prosecutor over to attend trial",
  "text": "(1) Every recognizance under Article 39 of the Order shall be acknowledged and signed by the person entering into the recognizance and signed by the district judge (magistrates’ court) or lay magistrate.\n(2) The recognizance may be on a separate form or at the foot of the deposition at the discretion of the court.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rules 42A, 42B inserted (17.10.2022) by The Magistrates’ Courts (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/218), rules 1, 3(8) (with rule 2); S.R. 2022/221, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1984/225/rule/42A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:32:12.928261+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."
}