{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-emergency-provisions-act-1978-repealed-2781991/section-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-emergency-provisions-act-1978-repealed-2781991/section-26.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1978/5",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978 (Repealed 27.8.1991)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-emergency-provisions-act-1978-repealed-2781991",
  "path": "section/26",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Wearing of hoods, etc. in public places.",
  "text": "Any person who, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse (the proof of which lies on him), wears in a public place or in the curtilage of a dwelling-house (other than one in which he is residing) any hood, mask or other article whatsoever made, adapted or used for concealing the identity or features shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both, and on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to a fine, or both.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions ) Act 1987 (c. 30, SIF 39:1), s. 11(2)(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/5/section/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:23:13.600183+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."
}