# Criminal Damage (Northern Ireland) Order 1977, Article 9: Jurisdiction of magistrates' courts


(1) A person charged with any offence under Article 3(1) or Article 3(1) and (3) or Article 4 or 5 may, if the prosecutor consents, be tried summarily for that offence, and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
Para. (2) rep. by 1981 NI 26
(3) No rule of law ousting the jurisdiction of magistrates' courts to try offences where a dispute of title to property is involved shall preclude magistrates' courts from trying offences under this Order, or any other offences of destroying or damaging property.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1977/426/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-damage-northern-ireland-order-1977/article-9
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