{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-act-northern-ireland-1953/section-15A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-act-northern-ireland-1953/section-15A.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1953/18",
  "legislation_title": "Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-act-northern-ireland-1953",
  "path": "section/15A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "15A",
  "heading": "Detention in the custody of a constable where admission to prison not practicable",
  "text": "Where—\n(a) a person is in the custody of a constable;\n(b) it is the duty of the constable to take that person to a prison in which his detention is authorised by law; and\n(c) it is for any reason not practicable to secure the admission of that person to that prison,\nthat person may lawfully be detained in the custody of a constable until such time as he can be admitted to that prison or is required to appear before a court.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "2004 NI 5"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1953/18/section/15A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:33:41.124962+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."
}