{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-order-northern-ireland-order-1987/article-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-order-northern-ireland-order-1987/article-20.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1987/463",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Order (Northern Ireland) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-order-northern-ireland-order-1987",
  "path": "article/20",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Obstructive sitting, etc., in public place",
  "text": "(1) A person who, by sitting, standing, kneeling, lying down or otherwise conducting himself in a public place, wilfully obstructs or seeks to obstruct traffic or wilfully hinders, or seeks to hinder, any lawful activity shall be guilty of an offence.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 1 month or to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale, or to both.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1987/463/article/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:48:01.566565+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."
}