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Administration of Justice Act 1960

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PART IGeneral Modifications

1For any reference to the Court of Criminal Appeal there shall be substituted a reference to the Court of Criminal Appeal in Northern Ireland.

2For references to the High Court and the Court of Appeal there shall be substituted references to the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland and the Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland respectively, and references to a Divisional Court of the Queen's Bench Division shall be construed accordingly.

3Any reference to a magistrates' court shall be construed as a reference to a court of summary jurisdiction or a resident magistrate or justice of the peace sitting out of petty sessions to hear and determine any charge which he has power so to hear and determine.

4For references to the Criminal Appeal Act, 1907, and the provisions of that Act set out in the first column of the following Table there shall be substituted references to the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act, 1930, and the provisions set out in the second column of that Table.

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Criminal Appeal Act, 1907Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act, 1930
Section tenSubsection (2) of section ten
Section fourteenSection thirteen
Section eighteenSection sixteen

5For any reference to an order of mandamus, prohibition or certiorari there shall be substituted a reference to a writ of mandamus, prohibition or certiorari.

6Any reference in a provision of this Act to any other provision of this Act shall be construed as a reference to that other provision as modified by this Schedule, and any reference in this Act to an enactment shall be construed as including references to an enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

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