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PART I Criminal Jurisdiction and Procedure
Offences triable on indictment or summarily
18.Initial procedure on information against adult for offence triable either way
19.Court to begin by considering which mode of trial appears more suitable
21.Procedure where trial on indictment appears more suitable
22.Certain offences triable either way to be tried summarily if value involved is small
23.Power of court, with consent of legally represented accused, to proceed in his absence
24.Summary trial of information against child or young person for indictable offence
25.Power to change from summary trial to committal proceedings, and vice versa
26.Power to issue summons to accused in certain circumstances
27.Effect of dismissal of information for offence triable either way
28.Using in summary trial evidence given in committal proceedings
Powers in respect of offenders
31.General limit on power of magistrates' court to impose imprisonment
32.Penalties on summary conviction for offences triable either way
33.Maximum penalties on summary conviction in pursuance of section 22
38.Committal for sentence on summary trial of offence triable either way
39.Cases where magistrates' court may remit offender to another such court for sentence
40.Restriction on amount payable under compensation order of magistrates' court
PART III Satisfaction and Enforcement
PART IV Witnesses and Evidence
PART VII Miscellaneous and Supplementary
SCHEDULES
Offences Triable Either Way by Virtue of Section 17
2.Offences under section 8 of the Disorderly Houses Act 1751...
3.Offences consisting in contravention of section 13 of the Statutory...
4.Offences under section 36 of the Malicious Damage Act 1861...
5.Offences under the following provisions of the Offences against the...
6.Offences under section 20 of the Telegraph Act 1868 (disclosing...
7.Offences under section 13 of the Debtors Act 1869 (transactions...
10.Offences under section 22 of the Electric Lighting Act 1882...
11.Offences under section 3 of the Submarine Telegraph Act 1885...
12.Offences under section 13 of the Stamp Duties Management Act...
13.Offences under section 8(2) of the Cremation Act 1902 (making...
14.All offences under the Perjury Act 1911 except offences under—...
16.Offences under section 17 of the Deeds of Arrangement Act...
17.Offences under section 3(4) of the Checkweighing in Various Industries...
18.Offences under section 8(2) of the Census Act 1920 (disclosing...
19.Offences under section 36 of the Criminal Justice Act 1925...
20.Offences under section 11 of the Agricultural Credits Act 1928...
21.Offences under the following provisions of the Coinage Offences Act...
22.Offences under the following provisions of the Post Office Act...
23.Offences under the following provisions of the Sexual Offences Act...
24.Offences under section 3(1) of the Shipping Contracts and Commercial...
25.Offences under section 24B(7) of the Housing Subsidies Act 1967...
27.Offences under section 4(1) of the Sexual Offences Act 1967...
28.All indictable offences under the Theft Act 1968 except: —...
29.Offences under the following provisions of the Criminal Damage Act...
30.Offences in relation to stamps issued for the purpose of...
31.Uttering any forged document the forgery of which is an...
32.Committing an indecent assault upon a person whether male or...
33.Aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of any offence...
34.Attempting to commit an offence triable either way except an...
35.Any offence consisting in the incitement to commit an offence...
Offences for which the value involved is relevant to the mode of trial
1.(1) A magistrates' court may commit a corporation for trial...
3.(1) Where a representative appears, any requirement of this Act...
4.(1) Notification or intimation for the purposes of subsections (2)...
5.The provisions of this Act relating to committal to the...
6.Subject to the preceding provisions of this Schedule, the provisions...
7.Where a corporation and an individual who has attained the...
8.Subsection (6) of section 33 of the Criminal Justice Act...
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act 1951 (14 & 15 Geo. 6 c. 63)
Magistrates' Courts (Appeals from Binding Over Orders) Act 1956 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2 c. 44)
Magistrates' Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1964 (c.21 (N.I.))
Criminal Procedure (Attendance of Witnesses) Act 1965 (c.69)
Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972 (c.18)
105.In section 14(3) and (6) of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal...
106.In section 18(1) of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act...
107.In section 21(1) of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act...
108.In section 27 of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act...
109.In section 38(4) and (6) of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal...
110.In section 41 of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act...
Presention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1976 (c.8)
Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978 (c.22)
157.In section 8(8) of the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts...
158.In section 12(8) of the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts...
159.In section 16(8) of the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts...
160.In section 22 of the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts...
161.In section 23 of the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts...
162.In section 24(3) of the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts...
163.In section 30(1) of the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts...
164.In section 32(2) of the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts...
165.In section 33 of the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts...
166.In section 47(2) of the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts...
167.In section 88(1) of the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts...
Nuclear Safeguards and Electricity (Finance) Act 1978 (c. 25)
Justices of the Peace Act 1979 (c. 55)
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