It is an offence to obstruct a terrorist search and investigation. They are subject to imprisonment on summary conviction of imprisonment up to three months or a fine at level 4. It is an offence to fail to comply with a notice given by a police officer of the rank of at least superintendent to […]
It is an offence to invite another person to provide phones or other property, which he intends to be used or has reasonable cause to suspect that it may be used in terrorism. It is an offence to receive money or other property and intend that it should be used or have reasonable cause to […]
The law on sexual offences was updated and consolidated in 2008 by the Sexual Offences (NI) Order 2008. Rape is committed if a person intentionally penetrates the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person with their penis, and that other person does not consent, and the former does not reasonably believe that the latter consents. […]
A person commits an offence if they intentionally arrange or facilitate something they intend to do or intend the other person to do or believe another person will do in any part of the world that results in the commission of any of the above offences. They do not commit an offence under the Article […]
There are various offences constituted by abuses of trust involving sexual activity in the presence of a child or causing a child to engage in such activity. A person in a position of trust applies to individuals taking care of persons in institutions under court orders where the latter are detained in residential accommodation or […]
The Perjury (NI) Order 1979 criminalises perjury and false statements in relation to civil and criminal proceedings and in connection with formal legal documentation. A person lawfully sworn as a witness or an interpreter in judicial proceedings who wilfully makes a statement material in that proceeding, which they know to be false, or do not […]
The Malicious Communications (NI) Order 1988. A person who sends another a letter or article that conveys a message that is indecent or grossly offensive, a threat, or information that is false or known to be false by the sender, or any other article that is, in whole or in part, of an indecent or […]
A person is guilty of theft if he or she dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another, with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it. The Theft Act NI 1969, as amended, modernises the law of theft, dishonesty and stealing, repealing the pre-existing legislation on larceny, which focused on the physical removal of goods […]
It is an offence to advertise of publish an offer of reward for the return of lost or stolen goods using words implying that no questions will be asked or the person producing the goods will be safe from apprehension or that money aid for the purchase of the goods, it will be repaid. No […]
A person is guilty of burglary if he or she enters a building or part of a building as a trespasser with intent to commit any of the below-mentioned offences. It is also burglary if, having entered the building, or part of a building as a trespasser, he steals or attempts to steal anything in […]