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  "legislation": "uksi/1967/1234",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice Act 1967 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1967",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1967-commencement-no-1-order-1967",
  "path": "schedule/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "PROVISIONS COMING INTO FORCE 1ST JANUARY 1968",
  "text": "Provisions of the Act\nSubject matter of provisions\nSection 1\nCommittal for trial without consideration of the evidence.\nSection 2\nWritten statements before examining justices.\nSection 3\nRestrictions on reports of committal proceedings.\nSection 4\nNotice of result of committal proceedings.\nSection 5\nPrivilege of newspaper reports of committal proceedings in libel actions.\nSection 6\nDuty of examining justices to sit in open court.\nSection 9\nProof by written statement.\nSection 10\nProof by formal admission.\nSection 11\nNotice of alibi.\nSection 12\nApplication of sections 9 to 11 to courts-martial.\nSection 18\nRestrictions on refusal of bail.\nSection 19\nRestriction on justices sitting after dealing with bail.\nSection 20\nPower of magistrates' court to commit on bail for sentence.\nSection 21\nSpecial conditions of bail.\nSection 22\nExtension of power of High Court to grant, or vary conditions of, bail.\nSection 23\nArrest of persons granted bail.\nSection 24\nProcess for minor offences.\nSection 31\nExtension of Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1952.\nSection 32\nAmendments of Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1952.\nSection 39 to 42\nSuspended sentences.\nSection 43\nGeneral power of magistrates' courts to impose fines.\nSection 44 to 50\nEnforcement of payment of fines, etc.\nSection 53\nSubstitution of conditional discharge for probation.\nSection 56\nCommittal for sentence for offences tried summarily.\nSection 89\nFalse written statements tendered in evidence.\nSection 90\nFalse statement as to means.\nSection 92\nIncrease of fines.\nSection 93\nAlteration of maximum periods of imprisonment in default of payment of fines, etc.\nSchedule 1\nApplication of the Maintenance Orders Act 1958 to attachment of earnings orders under section 46 or 79 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967.\nSchedule 3\nIncrease of fines.\nSo much of Schedule 6 as is specified in Appendix A hereto.\nMinor and consequential amendments.\nSo much of Parts I and III of Schedule 7 as is set out in Appendix B hereto.\nRepeals.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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