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Paragraph 175

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

For section 102 (jurisdiction of magistrates' courts) substitute—

“Jurisdiction of magistrates' courts in Northern Ireland

102
(1)

In Northern Ireland, a registered society or branch or any officer thereof may be prosecuted for any summary offence under this Act before a magistrates' court acting for the county court division in which the registered office of the society or branch is situated.

(2)

Subsection (1) is without prejudice to the provisions of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 as to the jurisdiction of a magistrates' court.”