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The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1994

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I INTRODUCTORY

    1. 1.Title and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

  3. PART II FINES AND PENALTIES

    1. Financial and other penalties

      1. 3.Increase of certain maxima

      2. 4.Period of imprisonment for default

      3. 5.Fines on companies

    2. Maximum fines under instruments

      1. 6.Fines on summary conviction for offences punishable on indictment or on summary conviction under instruments

      2. 7.Offences punishable on summary conviction only under instruments—conversion of references to amounts to references to levels on standard scale

      3. 8.Powers of harbour authorities to provide for maximum fines up to level 4 on standard scale

    3. Miscellaneous

      1. 9.Power to alter certain specified sums

      2. 10.Alteration of certain penalties

    4. Forfeiture

      1. 11.Power to deprive offenders of property used, or intended for use, for purposes of crime

      2. 12.Application of proceeds of forfeited property

      3. 13.Forfeiture for drug offences

    5. Compensation orders

      1. 14.Compensation orders against convicted persons

      2. 15.Enforcement and appeals

      3. 16.Review of compensation orders

      4. 17.Effect of compensation order on subsequent award of damages in civil proceedings

  4. PART III SEXUAL OFFENCES

    1. 18.Anonymity in rape, etc., cases

    2. 19.Anonymity of victims of certain other sexual offences

    3. 20.Offences to which Article 19 applies

    4. 21.Power to displace Article 19

    5. 22.Special rules for cases of incest or buggery

    6. 23.Offences

    7. 24.Provisions supplementary to Articles 19 to 23

  5. PART IV SUPPLEMENTAL

    1. 25.Restriction on the application of this Order

    2. 26.Minor and consequential amendments and repeals

  6. Signature

  7. SCHEDULES:

    1. Schedule 1

      Increase of certain maxima.

    2. Schedule 2

      Minor and consequential amendments.

    3. Schedule 3

      Repeals.

  8. Explanatory Note

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