In the construction of this Act the word “magistrate” shall be taken to mean and include every justice of the peace appointed to be a magistrate of the police courts of the metropolis, . . . F1
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Metropolitan Police Courts Act 1840 (c. 84), s. 1
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Reference to a magistrate of the police courts of the metropolis to be construed as reference to a metropolitan stipendiary magistrate sitting in a magistrates' court in the same court-house as the chief metropolitan stipendiary magistrate: Administration of Justice Act 1964 (c. 42), Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 3