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PART ICriminal Procedure, etc.

Miscellaneous provisions as to evidence, procedure and trial

27Summary trial of certain offences under the Forgery Act 1913.

The Magistrates' Courts Act 1952 shall have effect as if the following offences were included among those specified in paragraphs 1 to 18 of Schedule 1 to that Act (indictable offences which are by virtue of section 19 of that Act triable summarily with the consent of the defendant)—

(a)offences under section 2(2)(a) of the [1913 c. 27.] Forgery Act 1913 (forgery of valuable securities) in relation to any document being an accountable receipt, release, or discharge, or any receipt or other instrument evidencing the payment of money, or the delivery of any chattel personal;

(b)offences under section 4 of the said Act of 1913 (forgery of documents in general); and

(c)uttering any forged document the forgery of which is an offence which by virtue of the said section 19 is triable summarily with the consent of the defendant.