London Hackney Carriage Act 1831

LXII Before whom Offences shall be heard and determined.

And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, by such Orders and under such Regulations as he shall from Time to Time think fit to make in that Behalf, to direct any One of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace appointed or to be appointed under any Act or Acts for regulating the Office of a Justice of Peace in the Metropolis, to attend daily from the Hour of Eleven in the Forenoon until the Hour of Three in the Afternoon, at such one of the public Police Offices of the Metropolis, or at such other Office or Place as the said Principal Secretary of State shall appoint in that Behalf, not being within the City of London, for the Purpose of hearing and determining Offences against the Provisions of this Act; and that it shall be lawful for any Justice of the Peace who for the Time being shall be in attendance at such public Police Office, or other Office or Place to be appointed for that Purpose as aforesaid, to hear and determine all such Offences as aforesaid in a summary Manner, wheresoever the same may have been committed: Provided always, that it shall also be lawful for any other of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace, having Jurisdiction where any such Offence as aforesaid shall be committed, in like Manner to hear and determine the same at any Place within his Jurisdiction.