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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-act-northern-ireland-1953/section-37",
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  "legislation": "apni/1953/18",
  "legislation_title": "Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prison-act-northern-ireland-1953",
  "path": "section/37",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "37",
  "heading": "Restriction on prosecutions.",
  "text": "If any person is charged with any offence under this Act … further proceedings on such a charge shall not be taken against him without the consent of the Attorney-General for Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1975 c. 59"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1953/18/section/37",
    "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."
}