The Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1945 (c. 15) is an Act

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 of the Parliament of Northern Ireland

Parliament of Northern Ireland

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Section 25 of the Act creates the offence of child destruction

Abortion in the United Kingdom

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, which states:
This section provides a defence of acting in good faith to preserve the life of the mother. The offence supplements the offence of abortion (under the Offences against the Person Act 1861

Offences Against The Person Act 1861

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), which deals with unborn children not capable of being born alive.

Other provisions of the Act deal with miscellaneous criminal procedure, search warrants pertaining to brothels, marital coercion

Marital coercion

Marital coercion is a statutory defence to most crimes under English criminal law and under the criminal law of Northern Ireland. It is similar to duress.-Legislation:The defence is contained in of the Criminal Justice Act 1925:...

, and a prohibition on the taking of photographs in court.