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  "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/46",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Civil remedy for common assault and battery not to be barred under the Offences against the Person Act, 1861.",
  "text": "(1) The conviction or punishment of a person upon complaint of an offence under sections forty-two or forty-three of the Offences against the Person Act, 1861 , or the dismissal of any such complaint shall not operate to bar any civil proceedings which might otherwise be brought against him.\nSubs. (2) rep. by SLR 1973",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1861 c. 100"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1953/3/section/46",
    "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."
}