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Justices of the Peace Act 1968

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(1)This Act may be cited as the Justices of the Peace Act 1968.

(2)The enactments specified in Schedule 5 to this Act (which include in Part I certain enactments which are obsolete or redundant apart from this Act) are hereby repealed to the extent specified in column 3 of that Schedule:

Provided that the repeals made by Part II of the Schedule shall extend only to England and Wales and, except as otherwise specified in Part II, shall have effect from such day as may be appointed by Order in Council under section 7(1) above.

(3)This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland, except as regards any repeal made by Part I of Schedule 5 of an enactment which does extend to Northern Ireland and except that there is hereby abolished for Northern Ireland any power to commit to prison or to issue warrants of arrest or search warrants, corresponding to the powers abolished for England and Wales by section 1(7) above.

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