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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998/section-46",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998/section-46.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/47",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-1998",
  "path": "section/46",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Witnesses: oaths.",
  "text": "(1) The Presiding Officer or such other person as may be authorised by standing orders may—\n(a) administer an oath to any person giving evidence in proceedings of the Assembly; and\n(b) require him to take the oath.\n(2) Any person who refuses to take an oath when required to do so under subsection (1)(b) is guilty of an offence.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/47/section/46",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:22:12.253813+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."
}