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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/summary-jurisdiction-act-northern-ireland-1953/section-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/summary-jurisdiction-act-northern-ireland-1953/section-26.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1953/3",
  "legislation_title": "Summary Jurisdiction Act (Northern Ireland) 1953",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/summary-jurisdiction-act-northern-ireland-1953",
  "path": "section/26",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Extension of summary jurisdiction in respect of malicious damage.",
  "text": "(1) If any person wilfully or maliciously commits any damage to any real or personal property whatsoever, either of a public or private nature, and the amount of the damage does not, in the opinion of the court, [ exceed £1000, he shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.]\nSubs. (2) rep. by 1964 c. 21 (NI); 1977 NI 4; subs. (3) rep. by 1964 c. 21 (NI); subs. (4) rep. by 1956 c. 19 (NI); subs. (5) rep. by 1977 NI 4",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1977 NI 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "1994 NI 15"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "1984 NI 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1953/3/section/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:33:43.317016+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."
}