Section 139 of the UK's Criminal Justice Act 1988 is a primary legal text. Its strength is that it is the actual statutory provision making it an offence to carry a bladed article in public while including a defence of religious reasons, the provision that covers the kirpan. Its limit is the ordinary one for a statute: it states the law as enacted, not how the religious defence has actually been applied case by case.
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Assessment
Reliability Tier1
Reliability tier 1: the actual statutory provision itself, authoritative for the law as enacted. NotesMakes it an offence to have a bladed article in a public place, subject to a defence of religious reasons, which covers the kirpan.
Citation
AuthorParliament of the United Kingdom
PublisherParliament of the United Kingdom
Publication Year1988
Source TypeStatute
Claims Backed By This Source (8 claims)
This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Sacred Objects & Ritual Items, 1 claims: 1 general references.
General References
1Sacred Objects & Ritual Items
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