Criminal Justice Act 1967 in Northern Ireland

1967 c. 80 · Enacted 27 July 1967 · Extends to United Kingdom

Not fully up to date. 6 changes made by later legislation have not yet been written into this text, which is revised to 29 June 2026.

See the changes not yet applied

Provision	Change	Made by
s. 36(1) 67(5)	repealed in part	Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 s. 168(3) Sch. 11
s. 34	—	Criminal Justice and Courts Services Act 2000 Sch. 7 para. 35
s. 67	—	Criminal Justice and Courts Services Act 2000 Sch. 8
s. 67(6)	—	Criminal Justice and Courts Services Act 2000 Sch. 7 para. 36
s. 20	repealed	Criminal Justice Act 2003 Sch. 37 Pt. 9
s. 66(4)	words substituted	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 s. 129(5)

Part I: Criminal Procedure, etc.
1—6Committal for trial without consideration of the evidence. Repealed
Miscellaneous provisions as to evidence, procedure and trial
9Proof by written statement.
10Proof by formal admission.
11Notice of alibi. Repealed
12Application of sections 9 to 11 to courts-martial. Repealed
32Amendments of Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1952. Repealed
Part II: Powers of Courts to Deal with Offenders
54Section 54
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58. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
Part III: Treatment of Offenders
Miscellaneous
69Extension of enactments relating to persons sentenced to imprisonment or detention to young offenders sentenced to detention.
72Power of magistrates to issue warrants for arrest of escaped prisoners and mental patients.
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Part VI: Miscellaneous and General
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Increase of Fines, etc.
92Increase of fines.
94. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
95Probation and after-care areas and committees.
96. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
97. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
98Amendment of enactments relating to criminal appeals.
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Miscellaneous
103Minor and consequential amendments and repeals.
104General provisions as to interpretation.
105Northern Ireland.
106Short title, extent and commencement.
The Parole Board
3Paragraph 3 Repealed
Local Review Committees
Schedule 3: Increase of Fines
IIncrease of fines fixed by enactments
IIIncrease of Limit on Fines which may be imposed by Subordinate Instruments
IVAmendments Extending to Northern Ireland
1—8Paragraph 1—8 Repealed
9—15Paragraph 9—15 Repealed
16—19Paragraph 16—19 Repealed
20Paragraph 20 Repealed
21, 22Paragraph 21, 22 Repealed
23Paragraph 23 Repealed
The Administration of Justice Act 1960 (c. 65)
24Paragraph 24
25Paragraph 25
26Paragraph 26
27Paragraph 27 Repealed
28Paragraph 28 Repealed
29Paragraph 29 Repealed
30Paragraph 30
31, 32Paragraph 31, 32 Repealed
33—35Paragraph 33—35 Repealed
36, 37Paragraph 36, 37 Repealed
38Paragraph 38 Repealed
39Paragraph 39 Repealed
40Paragraph 40 Repealed
41Paragraph 41 Repealed
3Paragraph 3
4Paragraph 4
5Paragraph 5
Release of prisoners, etc. on licence
7Paragraph 7
10Paragraph 10
11Paragraph 11
12Paragraph 12
Non-payment of fines, etc.
14Paragraph 14
Schedule 6: Minor and Consequential Amendments
1Paragraph 1
2Paragraph 2 Repealed
3Paragraph 3 Repealed
4Paragraph 4 Repealed
5Paragraph 5
6Paragraph 6 Repealed
7Paragraph 7 Repealed
8Paragraph 8
9—13Paragraph 9—13 Repealed
14Paragraph 14
15Paragraph 15
16Paragraph 16
17—20Paragraph 17—20 Repealed
21Paragraph 21
22Paragraph 22 Repealed
23Paragraph 23 Repealed
The Criminal Justice Act 1961 (c. 39)
24Paragraph 24
25Paragraph 25
26Paragraph 26
27Paragraph 27 Repealed
28Paragraph 28
Schedule 7: Enactments Repealed
IIIRepeals Extending to Northern Ireland

1—6Committal for trial without consideration of the evidence.

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9Proof by written statement.C13 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11

(1)

In any criminal proceedings F1... a written statement by any person shall, if such of the conditions mentioned in the next following subsection as are applicable are satisfied, be admissible as evidence to the like extent as oral evidence to the like effect by that person.

(2)

The said conditions are—

(a)

the statement purports to be signed by the person who made it;

(b)

the statement contains a declaration by that person to the effect that it is true to the best of his knowledge and belief and that he made the statement knowing that, if it were tendered in evidence, he would be liable to prosecution if he wilfully stated in it anything which he knew to be false or did not believe to be true;

(c)

before the hearing at which the statement is tendered in evidence, a copy of the statement is served, by or on behalf of the party proposing to tender it, on each of the other parties to the proceedings; and

(d)

none of the other parties or their solicitors, F2within the relevant period, serves a notice on the party so proposing objecting to the statement being tendered in evidence under this section:

Provided that the conditions mentioned in paragraphs (c) and (d) of this subsection shall not apply if the parties agree before or during the hearing that the statement shall be so tendered.

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For the purposes of subsection (2)(d), “the relevant period” is—

(a)

such number of days, which may not be less than seven, from the service of the copy of the statement as may be prescribed by Criminal Procedure Rules, or

(b)

if no such number is prescribed, seven days from the service of the copy of the statement.

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(4)

Notwithstanding that a written statement made by any person may be admissible as evidence by virtue of this section—

(a)

the party by whom or on whose behalf a copy of the statement was served may call that person to give evidence; and

(b)

the court may, of its own motion or on the application of any party to the proceedings, require that person to attend before the court and give evidence.

(5)

An application under paragraph (b) of the last foregoing subsection to a court other than a magistrates’ court may be made before the hearing and on any such application the powers of the court shall be exercisable

F5(a)

by a puisne judge of the High Court, a Circuit judge or Recorder sitting aloneF6; or

(b)

subject to subsection (5A), by a qualifying judge advocate (within the meaning of the Senior Courts Act 1981) sitting alone.

(5A)

Subsection (5)(b) applies only where the application in question is to the Crown Court.

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(7)

Any document or object referred to as an exhibit and identified in a written statement tendered in evidence under this section shall be treated as if it had been produced as an exhibit and identified in court by the maker of the statement.

F8(8)

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10Proof by formal admission.C1 C2 C3 C4 C5

(1)

Subject to the provisions of this section, any fact of which oral evidence may be given in any criminal proceedings may be admitted for the purpose of those proceedings by or on behalf of the prosecutor or defendant, and the admission by any party of any such fact under this section shall as against that party be conclusive evidence in those proceedings of the fact admitted.

(2)

An admission under this section—

(a)

may be made before or at the proceedings;

(b)

if made otherwise than in court, shall be in writing;

(c)

if made in writing by an individual, shall purport to be signed by the person making it and, if so made by a body corporate, shall purport to be signed by a director or manager, or the secretary or clerk, or some other similar officer of the body corporate;

(d)

if made on behalf of a defendant who is an individual, shall be made by his counsel or solicitor;

(e)

if made at any stage before the trial by a defendant who is an individual, must be approved by his counsel or solicitor (whether at the time it was made or subsequently) before or at the proceedings in question.

(3)

An admission under this section for the purpose of proceedings relating to any matter shall be treated as an admission for the purpose of any subsequent criminal proceedings relating to that matter (including any appeal or retrial).

(4)

An admission under this section may with the leave of the court be withdrawn in the proceedings for the purpose of which it is made or any subsequent criminal proceedings relating to the same matter.

11Notice of alibi.F1

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12Application of sections 9 to 11 to courts-martial.F1

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32Amendments of Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1952.F1

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1)—(3).

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(4)

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(5)

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(6)

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(7)

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(8)

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69Extension of enactments relating to persons sentenced to imprisonment or detention to young offenders sentenced to detention.

C1(1)

In section 38(3) of the M1Criminal Justice Act 1961 (construction of references to imprisonment or detention and sentence) at the end there shall be added the following paragraph—

“(c)
any reference to a person serving a sentence of, or sentenced to, imprisonment or detention shall be construed as including a reference to a person who, under any enactment relating to children and young persons in force in any part of the United Kingdom or any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, has been sentenced by a court to be detained for an offence and is liable to be detained in accordance with directions given by the Secretary of State, by the Minister of Home Affairs for Northern Ireland or by the Governor of the Isle of Man with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, and any other reference to a sentence of imprisonment or detention shall be construed accordingly.”

(2)

In section 49 of the M2Prison Act 1952 F1. . .and section 38(2) of the M3Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 (persons unlawfully at large) any reference to a person sentenced to imprisonment shall be construed as including a reference to any such person as is mentioned in the foregoing subsection.

72Power of magistrates to issue warrants for arrest of escaped prisoners and mental patients.C1

F1(1)

On an information in writing being laid before a justice of the peace for any area in England and Wales or Northern Ireland and substantiated on oath, or on an application being made to a sheriff, magistrate or justice of the peace in Scotland, alleging that any person is—

(a)

an offender unlawfully at large from a prison or other institution to which the Prison Act applies in which he is required to be detained after being convicted of an offence; or

(b)

a convicted mental patient liable to be retaken under F2section 18, 38(7) or 138 of the Mental Health Act 1983, section 36 or 106 of the M1Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1960 or F3Article 29, 45(6) or 132 of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (retaking of mental patients who are absent without leave or have escaped from custody);

the justice, sheriff or magistrate may issue a warrant to arrest him and bring him before a magistrates’ court for that area or, in Scotland, before any sheriff.

(2)

Where a person is brought before a magistrates’ court or sheriff in pursuance of a warrant for his arrest under this section, the court or sheriff shall, if satisfied that he is the person named in the warrant and if satisfied as to the facts mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of the foregoing subsection, order him to be returned to the prison or other institution where he is required or liable to be detained or, in the case of a convicted mental patient, order him to be kept in custody or detained in a place of safety pending his admission to hospital.

(3)

F4section 137 of the Mental Health Act 1983, section 105 of the M2Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1960 and F5Article 131 of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (custody, conveyance and detention of certain mental patients) shall apply to a convicted mental patient required by this section to be conveyed to any place or to be kept in custody or detained in a place of safety as they apply to a person required by or by virtue of F6the said Act of 1983, 1960 F7or 1984 or the said Order of 1986 1960 or 1961, as the case may be, to be so conveyed, kept or detained.

C2(4)

In this section—

“convicted mental patient” means a person liable after being convicted of an offence to be detained under F8Part III of the Mental Health Act 1983, Part V of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1960 or Part III of the Mental Health F9(Northern Ireland) Order 1986 in pursuance of a hospital order or transfer direction together with an order or direction restricting his discharge F10or in pursuance of a hospital direction and a limitation directionF11or a person liable to be detained undersection 38 of the said Act of 1983F12or Article 45 of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986;
“place of safety” has the same meaning as in Part III of the said Act of 1983 or 1960 or Part III of the said F13Order of 1986, as the case may be;
“Prison Act” means the M3Prison Act 1952, the M4Prisons (Scotland) Act 1952 or the M5Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953, as the case may be.

C3(5)

Section 27 of the M6Criminal Justice Administration Act 1914 (power to issue warrants for the arrest of persons who may be arrested without a warrant) shall cease to have effect.

F14(6)

References in this section to offences include service offences within the meaning of the Armed Forces Act 2006.

85—88. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F1

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92Increase of fines.

(1)

The enactments specified in column 1 of Part I of Schedule 3 to this Act, (being enactments creating the offences broadly described in column 2 of that Part of that Schedule) shall each have effect as if the maximum fine which may be imposed on summary conviction of any offence specified in that enactment were a fine not exceeding the amount specified in column 4 of that Schedule instead of a fine of, or not exceeding, the amount specified in column 3 of that Schedule.

(2)

The enactments specified in column 1 of Part II of the said Schedule 3 (being enactments which confer power to include in subordinate instruments a provision imposing a fine on summary conviction of any offence described in column 2 of that Part of that Schedule) shall each have effect as if the maximum amount of the fine which may be imposed by any provision contained in such an instrument and made under that enactment for any offence under the instrument were that specified in column 4 of that Schedule instead of that specified in column 3 of that Schedule.

(3)

Any subordinate provision in force immediately before the commencement of this Act under an enactment specified in the said Part II shall, if it provides that the maximum amount of the fine which may be imposed on summary conviction of an offence specified in the provision shall be the amount specified in column 3 of the said Part II, have effect as if the said maximum amount were the amount specified in column 4 of the said Part II.

(4)

The last foregoing subsection shall have effect subject to any subordinate provision made under any enactment specified in the said Part II after the commencement of this Act.

(5)

The foregoing provisions of this section shall not affect the power of a court to impose a penalty for a continuing offence under any enactment specified in Part I of the said Schedule 3 or any subordinate provision made under an enactment specified in Part II of that Schedule except where such a penalty is expressly mentioned in column 3 of that Schedule; nor shall they affect the power of a court to award imprisonment under any such enactment or provision.

(6)

In this section “subordinate provision” means a provision contained in an instrument made under an enactment.

F1(7)

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(8)

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(9)

Nothing in this section shall affect the amount of the fine which may be imposed on conviction of an offence committed before the commencement of this Act.

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95Probation and after-care areas and committees.

(1)

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2), (3)

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4), (5)

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98Amendment of enactments relating to criminal appeals.

1)—(5)

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C1(6)

The enactments specified in Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments shown in that Schedule (being minor amendments to remove doubts and anomalies, and otherwise to facilitate the consolidation of the enactments relating to criminal appeals in England and Wales, the corresponding enactments applying to Northern Ireland and the enactments relating to appeals from courts-martial).

(7)

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103Minor and consequential amendments and repeals.C1

(1)

The enactments specified in Schedule 6 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments set out in that Schedule, being minor amendments and amendments consequential on the foregoing provisions of this Act.

(2)

The enactments specified in Schedule 7 to this Act (which include enactments which were obsolete or unnecessary before the passing of this Act) are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

104General provisions as to interpretation.

(1)

In this Act, except so far as the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them; that is to say—

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“court” does not include F2the Court Martial, the Summary Appeal Court, the Service Civilian Court, the Court Martial Appeal Court or the Supreme Court on an appeal brought from the Court Martial Appeal Court;
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F4“extended sentence certificate” means a certificate issued under section 28 of the M1Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 stating that an extended term of imprisonment was imposed on an offender under that section;
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“prison rules” means rules under section 47 of the M2Prison Act 1952;
“sentence of imprisonment” does not include a committal in default of payment of any sum of money, or for want of sufficient distress to satisfy any sum of money, or for failure to do or abstain from doing anything required to be done or left undone;
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F6(1A)

In the definition of “sentence of imprisonment” in subsection (1) the reference to want of sufficient distress to satisfy a sum includes a reference to circumstances where—

(a)

there is power to use the procedure in Schedule 12 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 to recover the sum from a person, but

(b)

it appears, after an attempt has been made to exercise the power, that the person's goods are insufficient to pay the amount outstanding (as defined by paragraph 50(3) of that Schedule).

F7(2)

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(3)

Any reference in this Act however expressed to a previous conviction or sentence shall be construed as a reference to a previous conviction by a court in any part of Great Britain and to a previous sentence passed by any such court.

(4)

Any reference in this Act to an offence punishable with imprisonment shall be construed, in relation to any offender, without regard to any prohibition or restriction imposed by or under any enactment on the imprisonment of offenders of his age.

(5)

Any reference in this Act to any other enactment is a reference thereto as amended, and includes a reference thereto as extended or applied, by or under any other enactment, including this Act.

105Northern Ireland. E+W+N.I.

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(3)

Any reference in this Act to an enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, or to an enactment which that Parliament has power to amend, shall be construed, in relation to Northern Ireland, as a reference to that enactment as amended by any Act of that Parliament, whether passed before or after this Act, and to any enactment of that Parliament passed after this Act and re-enacting the said enactment with or without modifications.

106Short title, extent and commencement.

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 1967.

(2)

The following provisions of this Act shall extend to Scotland, that is to say—

(a)

so much of this Act as relates to courts-martial and appeals therefrom;

(b)

F1section 102 and paragraphs 7, 10 to 12 and 14 of Schedule 5;

(c)

Part III (except sections 63, 65, 66, 67 and 71) and Schedule 2;

(d)

Part V;

(e)

section 92 and Schedule 3 so far as they amend any enactment which extends to Scotland;

F2(ee)

section 100;

(f)

so much of section 103(1) and Schedule 6 as amends. . . F3. . . F4, the M1Criminal Justice Act 1961 and the M2Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1963; and

(g)

Part II of Schedule 7 and so much of section 103(2) as relates thereto;

but except as provided by this subsection and except so far as it relates to the interpretation or commencement of the said provisions this Act shall not extend to Scotland.

(3)

The following provisions of this Act shall extend to Northern Ireland, that is to say—

(a)

so much of this Act as relates to courts-martial and appeals therefrom;

(b)

sections. . . F5 69 and 72;

(c)

so much of section 92 and Parts I and II of Schedule 3 as is extended to Northern Ireland by Part IV of that Schedule;

(d)

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(e)

so much of section 103(1) and Schedule 6 as amends. . . the M3Criminal Justice Act 1961;

(f)

section 105; and

(g)

Part III of Schedule 7 and so much of section 103(2) as relates thereto;

but except as provided by this subsection and except so far as it relates to the interpretation or commencement of the said provisions this Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.

(4)

Sections 69(1) and 92 of, and Schedule 3 to, this Act, so far as they amend any enactment which extends to the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, shall extend to the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, as the case may be.

(5)

This Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint, and different days may be so appointed for different purposes of this Act, and any reference in any provision of this Act to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the day so appointed for the coming into force of that provision, and any such reference to the commencement of a provision of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the day appointed for the coming into force of the provision referred to.

(6)

Without prejudice to Schedule 5 to this Act, any order under this section may make such transitional provision as appears to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient in connection with the provisions thereby brought into force, including such adaptations of those provisions or any provisions of this Act then in force as appear to him to be necessary or expedient in consequence of the partial operation of this Act (whether before or after the day appointed by the order).

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IIncrease of fines fixed by enactments

Enactment	Description of Offence	Old fine or maximum fine	New maximum fine
The London Hackney Carriage Act 1831, c. 22.
Section 35	Cab driver refusing to go with any person desirous of hiring.	£2	£10
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The Game (Scotland) Act 1832, c. 68.
Section 1	Day trespass in pursuit of game, etc.	£2, or £5 if in disguise or in group of five or more	£20 or £50 respectively.
The Highway Act 1835, c. 50
Section 72	Miscellaneous offences on the highway, including riding on the footpath, tethering animals and damaging or obstructing the highway.	£2	£10
Section 78	Miscellaneous offences by drivers of carriages on the highway, including negligent and furious driving and failing to keep to the left.	£5 where the driver is not the owner, and £10 where he is the owner.	£20
The Metropolitan Police Act 1839, c. 47
Section 44	Keepers of refreshment houses permitting drunkenness, disorderly conduct, etc., on the premises.	£5	£20
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The London Hackney Carriages Act 1843, c. 86.
Section 10	Persons acting as drivers without licences and tickets, transferring or lending licences and tickets and proprietors suffering unlicensed persons to act as drivers.	£5 except for offences by proprietors and £10 for offences by proprietors.	£20 for a first offence and £50 for a second or subsequent offence.
Section 14	False representations, etc., in connection with applications for licences.	£5	£50
Section 17	Failure by driver to wear ticket.	£2	£10
Section 33	Miscellaneous offences by cab drivers including loitering, causing obstruction and overcharging.	£ 1	£10
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The Harbours, Docks, and Piers Clauses Act 1847, c. 27.
Section 28	Unjustified claims for exemption from harbour rates.	£10	£50
Section 38	Masters of ships giving no account, or false account, of cargo unshipped.	£10	£50
Section 39	Shippers of goods giving no account, or false account, of cargo shipped.	£10	£50
The Towns Improvement Clauses Act 1847, c. 34.
Section 65	Occupier failing after notice to mark house with approved number or to renew approved number thereon.	£2	£20
The Cemetries Clauses Act 1847, c.65
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Section 59	Playing games, etc., discharging firearms, disturbing persons assembled for burial, or committing nuisance in cemetary.	£5	£10
The Town Police Clauses Act 1847, c. 89.
Section 21	Contravention of orders made for regulating traffic and preventing obstruction in streets.	£2	£20
Section 28	Miscellaneous offences in thoroughfares, including obstruction, furious driving and discharging firearms.	£2	£20
Section 35	Keepers of refreshment houses harbouring prositutes and thieves.	£5	£20
Section 40	Mis-statements and omissions in applications for hackney carriage licences.	£10	£20
Section 45	Plying for hire without a licence.	£2	£20 for a first offence and £50 for a second or subsequent offence.
Section 47	Persons acting as cab drivers without a licence, lending licences and proprietors employing unlicensed drivers.	£1	£20 for a first offence and £50 for a second or subsequent offence.
Section 53	Cab driver refusing to drive.	£2	£10
Section 58	Cab proprietor or driver overcharging.	£2	£10
The London Hackney Carriage Act 1853, c. 33.
Section 11	Failure by drivers and others to hand in property left in cabs and omnibuses.	£2	£10
Section 17	Miscellaneous offences by drivers and conductors, including overcharging and refusing passengers or luggage.	£2	£10
Section 19	Offences for which no specific penalty is imposed.	£2	£10
The Inclosure Act 1857, c. 31.
Section 12	Damaging or causing nuisances on town and village greens.	£2	£20
The Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act 1860, c. 32.
Section 2	Riotous or indecent behaviour in churches, burial grounds, etc., and harassing authorised preachers.	£5	£20
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The Poaching (Prevention) Act 1862, c. 114.
Section 2	Simple poaching	£5	£50
F5. . .
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The Trespass (Scotland) Act 1865, c. 56.
Section 4	Miscellaneous offences of trespass.	£1 for a first offence and £2 for a second or subsequent offence.	£10
The Metropolitan Streets Act 1867, c. 134.
Section 6	Obstruction by unnecessary deposit of goods, etc., on footways, etc.	£2	£20 for a first offence and £50 for a second or subsequent offence.
Section 9	Displaying unapproved advertisements.	10s. 0d.	£10
The Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869, c. 115.
Section 7	Unlicensed hackney carriage plying for hire or using cab stand.	£5 for every day when carriage plies for hire or for every occasion when found on the stand.	£20 for a first offence and £50 for a second or subsequent offence.
Section 8	Driving hackney or stage carriage when unlicensed.	£2	£20 for a first offence and £50 for a second or subsequent offence.
The Tramways Act 1870, c. 78.
Section 51	Non-payment of fares	£2	£20
The Explosives Act 1875, c. 17.
Section 31	Sale of gunpowder to child apparently under thirteen.	£5	£20
Section 33	Contravention of general rules as to packing of gunpowder for conveyance.	£20	£100
Section 80	Throwing fireworks in the street.	£5	£20
The Post Office (Protection) Act 1884, c. 76.
Section 11	(a) Forgery, etc., of telegram.	£10	£100
	(b) Improper disclosure of telegram by employee of telegraphic company.	£20	£100
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The Infectious Diseases (Notification) Act 1889, c. 72.
Section 3(2)	Failure to notify notifiable disease.	£2	£10
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The Military Lands Act 1892, c. 43.
Section 17	Contravention of byelaws	£5	£20
F8. . .
The Uniforms Act 1894, c. 45.
Section 2	Wearing a military uniform, etc., without authority.	£5	£50
Section 3	Wearing a military or naval uniform, etc., without authority in a manner likely to bring contempt on the uniform, or employing another for that purpose.	£10	£50
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The London Cab Act 1896, c. 27.
Section 1	Hirer defrauding cab driver.	£2	£10
The Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897, c. 38.
Section 22 (as extended by section 1(5) of the M1Noise Abatement Act 1960).	Causing or negligently allowing nuisances.	£5	£20
Section 40	Failure to comply with notice requiring houses in filthy state to be purified.	10s. 0d. for each day on which offence continues.	£20
Section 56	Exposure by any person of others to risk of infection by himself or by a person in his care, and transmitting or exposure of infectious articles.	£5	£10
Section 163	Offences for which no pecuniary penalty is provided, obstruction of persons executing Act, and contravention of regulations.	£5	£10 for a first offence and £20 for a second or subsequent offence.
The Dogs Act 1906, c. 32.
Section 6	Allowing carcasses of cattle to lie unburied in field to which dogs have access.	£2	£10
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The Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1907, c. 53.
Section 94	Letting for hire or carrying passengers in an unlicensed pleasure boat or exceeding authorised number of passengers.	£2	£50
The Commons Act 1908, c. 44.
Section 1(2)	Owner turning out animal on a common in contravention of regulations and any person obstructing execution of regulations.	£2	£20
. . . F10	. . .	. . .	. . .
The Perjury Act 1911, c. 6.
Section 3 (as extended and amended by section 28(1) and (3) of the M2Criminal Justice Act 1925).	Making false oaths and statements with reference to marriages.	£50	£100
Section 4 (as amended by section 28(2) and (3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1925).	Making false statements with reference to births and deaths.	£50	£100
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The Ferries (Acquisition by Local Authorities) Act 1919, c. 75.
Section 4	Fraudulent claims for exemption from payment of tolls.	£10	£20
The Land Settlement (Scotland) Act 1919, c. 97.
Section 22(2)	Damaging crops in allotments.	£5	£20
The Census Act 1920, c. 41.
Section 8(1)	Miscellaneous offences including making a false declaration, delivering a false document and giving a false answer.	£10	£50
F13. . .
The Law of Property Act 1925, c. 20
Section 193(4)	Unauthorised driving, camping, etc., on common land.	£2	£20
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The Criminal Justice Act 1925, c. 86.
Section 37	Unlawful possession of pension documents as securities for debts.	£20	£100
Section 38(1)	Making or using imitation bank notes.	£5	£20
Section 38(2)	Refusal by person whose name appears on an imitation bank note to give name and address of printer.	£10	£20
. . . F14	. . .	. . .	. . .
The Parks Regulations (Amendment) Act 1926, c. 36.
Section 2(1)	Contravention of regulations.	£5	£20
The Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926, c. 48.
Section 1	Disposal of body without a registrar’s certificate or coroner’s order.	£10	£20
Section 4	Removal of body out of England without complying with the relevant requirements.	£10	£50
Section 11	Contravention of other provisions of Act.	£2	£10
The Auctions (Bidding Agreements) Act 1927, c. 12.
Section 1	Dealer giving or any person accepting reward for abstention from bidding.	£100	£400
The Superannuation and Other Trust Funds (Validation) Act 1927, c. 41.
Section 7	Default in complying with requirements of Act, including requirements as to accounts and reports.	£5	£10
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F16. . .
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The Children and Young Persons Act 1933, c. 12.
Section 5	Giving intoxicating liquor, or causing it to be given, to a child under a five.	£3	£10
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Section 23 (as amended by section 64 (1) and Schedule 3 paragraph 5 to the M3Children and Young Persons Act 1963).	Any person procuring or parent allowing person under sixteen to take part in dangerous public performances.	£10 for a first offence and £50 for a second or subsequent offence.	£50 for a first offence and £100 for a second or subsequent offence.
Section 24(1)	Any person procuring or parent allowing person under twelve or unlicensed person under sixteen to be trained for dangerous performances.	£5 for a first offence and £20 for a second or subsequent offence.	£20 for a first offence and £50 for a second or subsequent offence.
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F20The Public Health Act 1936, c. 49.
Section 76(3)	Sorting over or disturbing dustbins or material deposited on a refuse tip.	£5	£10
Section 83(2)	Failure to comply with notice requiring cleansing of filthy or verminous premises.	£5	£20
Section 94(2)	Failure to abate or to remove danger of recurrence of nuisance.	£5	£20
Section 95(1) (both as originally enacted and as applied by s. 16(1) of the M4Clean Air Act 1956).	Contravention, etc., of nuisance order, including a smoke nuisance order.	£5 and in addition £2 for each day on which the offence continues after conviction thereof under the section as originally enacted, and £10 and £5 respectively under the section as s o applied.	£50 and in addition £5 for each day on which the offence continues after conviction thereof.
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Section 246	Offences in connection with common lodging houses, including failure to keep premises suitably equipped and false statements in application for registration.	£5	£10
Section 269(7)	Contravention of provisions and conditions of licences as to keeping and use of movable dwellings.	£5	£20
Section 288	Obstruction of persons executing Act or subordinate instruments.	£5 and in addition £5 for each day on which the offence continues after conviction thereof.	£10 for a first offence and £20 for a second or subsequent offence.
The Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937, c. 37.
Section 16	Giving intoxicating liquor, or causing it to be given, to a child under five.	£3	£10
Section 21(1)(as amended by Schedule 4 to the M5Education (Scotland) Act 1945).	Vagrant preventing child or young person from receiving education.	£ 1	£10
Section 33 (as amended by Schedule 3 to the M6Children and Young Persons Act 1963).	Any person procuring or parent allowing person under sixteen to take part in dangerous public performances.	£10 for a first offence and £50 for a second or subsequent offence.	£50 for a first offence and £100 for a second or subsequent offence.
Section 34(1)	Any person procuring or parent allowing person under twelve or unlicensed person under sixteen to be trained for dangerous performances.	£5 for a first offence and £20 for a second or subsequent offence.	£20 for a first offence and £50 for a second or subsequent offence.
Section 76(5)	Failure to comply with order to produce a child or young person to be sent to an approved school.	£ 5	£20
Section 86(5)	Failure to comply with order to produce a child or young person who has escaped from an approved school.	£ 5	£20
Section 91(7)	Failure of person making payments under a contribution order to notify change of address to recipient.	£2	£10
Section 92(2)(b)	Failure to notify change of address by a father making payments under a decree for aliment to a person entitled by virtue of a contribution order.	£2	£10
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The Marriage Act 1949, c. 76.
Section 76(2)	Refusal or failure to make and deliver a copy of entries in the marriage register book or a certificate that no entries have been made.	£10	£20
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The National Parks Act 1949, c. 97.
Section 57	Erecting a misleading notice likely to deter the public from using a public footpath.	£ 5	£20
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The Prison Act 1952, c. 52.
Section 40	Unlawful introduction of liquor or tobacco into prison.	£20	£50
Section 41	Unlawful conveyance of letters or other articles into prison.	£10	£50
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The Prevention of Crime Act 1953, c. 14.
Section 1(1)	Carrying an offensive weapon in a public place without lawful authority or reasonable excuse.	£50	£200
The Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953, c. 20.
Section 36	Failure to give information and similar offences.	£2	In the case of an offence under paragraph (c), £20 and in any other case £10.
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F32. . .
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. . . F33	. . .	. . .	. . .
The Pharmacy Act 1954, c. 61.
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Section 20(2)	Forgery or imitation of a certificate issued under the Pharmacy Acts.	£20	£100
Section 20(3)	Failure to surrender certificate of registration.	£5	£10
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The Affiliation Proceedings Act 1957, c. 55.
Section 9(2)	Failure by putative father to notify change of address.	£2	£10
The Matrimonial Proceedings (Children) Act 1958, c. 40.
Section 10(6)	Parent’s failure to give address for time being to local authority having his child in care.	£5	£10
The Agricultural Marketing Act 1958, c. 47.
Section 6(6)	Sale of regulated product by producer in contravention of a scheme under the section.	£5 and an additional fine not exceeding half the price at which the product was sold subject to a limit of £100 on the fines which may be imposed for any one offence under the subsection.	£20 and an additional fine not exceeding half the price at which the product was sold subject to a limit of £200 on the fines which may be imposed for any one offence under the subsection.
Section 45(6)	Failing to give information or giving false information to an agricultural marketing board.	£20	£50
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. . . F36	. . .	. . .	. . .
. . . F37	. . .	. . .	. . .
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The Indecency with Children Act 1960, c. 33.
Section 1(1)	Indecent conduct with or towards child under fourteen.	£100	£400
. . . F38	. . .	. . .	. . .
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. . . F39	. . .	. . .	. . .
. . . F40	. . .	. . .	. . .
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. . . F41	. . .	. . .	. . .
The Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965, c. 12.
Section 61	Failing to give required notices, etc., or to furnish required information, and making false returns.	£5	£10
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The Forestry Act 1967, c. 10.
Section 30(5)	Failure to give information or making misstatements as to interests in land.	£5	£10
Section 46(5)	Offences against byelaws.	£10 in the case of byelaws for the New Forest and £5 in other cases.	£20 in all cases.
Section 48(3)	Obstruction of officers of Forestry Commissioners.	£5	£20

IIIncrease of Limit on Fines which may be imposed by Subordinate Instruments

Enactment	Description of Offence	Old maximum fine	New maximum fine
The Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847, c. 27.
Section 84	Contravention of byelaws.	£5	£50
The Dockyard Port Regulation Act 1865, c. 125.
Section 6	Offences against port regulations.	£10	£50
The Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869, c. 115.
Section 10	Contravention of regulations as to hackney and stage carriages.	£2	£20
The Tramways Act 1870, c. 78.
Section 47	Contravention of byelaws regulating tramways and prohibiting nuisances on trams.	£ 2	£20
The Explosives Act 1875, c. 17.
Sections 11 and 19.	Breach of special rules for regulation of workmen in gunpowder factories and stores.	£2	£20
Section 34	Contravention of harbour authorities’ byelaws as to conveyance, loading and unloading of gunpowder.	£20	£100
Section 35	Contravention of railway byelaws as to conveyance, loading and unloading of gunpowder.	£20	£100
Section 36	Contravention of wharf byelaws as to loading and unloading of gunpowder.	£20	£100
Section 37	Contravention of byelaws as to conveyance by road, etc., and loading and unloading of gunpowder.	£20	£100
The Public Health Act 1875. c. 55.
Section 183	Contravention of local authority’s byelaws.	£5	£20
The Commons Act 1876, c. 56.
Section 16	Contravention of byelaws for management, etc., of regulated pastures.	£2	£10
F1. . .
The Harbours, Piers and Ferries (Scotland) Act 1937, c. 28.
Section 11(2)	Contravention of byelaws relating to marine works, made under section 83 of the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847, as applied by section 10 of the said Act of 1937.	£5	£50
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. . . F2
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The Plant Health Act 1967, c. 8.
Section 3(4)(a)	Contravention of orders made under section 3 for preventing the spread in Great Britain of the Colorado beetle.	£100 for an offence against any such order of keeping or distributing live specimens of the beetle and £50 for other offences.	£100 or, for an offence committed after a previous conviction of an offence against any such order, £200.
Section 3(4)(b)	Contravention of other orders under section 3.	£10 for a first offence against any such order and £50 for an offence committed after a previous conviction of an offence against that order.	£100 or, for an offence committed after a previous conviction of an offence against any such order, £200.

IVAmendments Extending to Northern Ireland

Section 92 and Parts I and II of this Schedule shall extend to Northern Ireland so far as they amend the following enactments:—

F1. . .

section 6 of the M1Dockyard Ports Regulation Act 1865;

section 11 of the M2Post Office (Protection) Act 1884;

section 17 of the M3Military Lands Act 1892;

sections 2 and 3 of the M4Uniforms Act 1894;

F2. . .

. . . F3

. . . F4

. . . F5

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sections 6(6) and 45(6) of the M5Agricultural Marketing Act 1958.

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20

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21, 22

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23

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24

In section 4 (power to grant bail pending appeal to the House of Lords) as it applies to England and Wales,—

(a)

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(b)

in subsection (2) for the words “an appellant pending an appeal under section one of this Act in such proceedings” there shall be substituted the words “an appellant under section 1 of this Act, or a person applying for leave to appeal thereunder, pending the appeal”.

25

In section 4, as it applies to Northern Ireland—

(a)

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(b)

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26

In section 5 (power to order detention of defendant pending appeal by Crown) as it applies to England and Wales and also as it applies to Northern Ireland,—

(a)

in subsection (1) after the word “bail” there shall be inserted the words “(which may be granted by the court as under section 4 above)” ;and

(b)

subsection (2) shall be omitted.

27

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28

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29

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30

In section 9(3) (provision as to presence of defendant on hearing of appeal), as it applies to England and Wales, for the words “or rules of court as the case may be authorise” there shall be substituted the word “authorises”.

31, 32

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38

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39

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40

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41

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3

A person sentenced to corrective training or preventive detention in England and Wales who was or ought to have been detained in pursuance of his sentence immediately before the commencement of section 60 of this Act shall be treated for purposes of detention, release, recall and otherwise as having been sentenced to a term of imprisonment of the same length as the term of his original sentence and, if he was originally sentenced to preventive detention, he shall also be so treated as if an extended sentence certificate had been issued in respect of him.

4

A person sentenced to corrective training who immediately before the commencement of the said section 60 was subject to a licence under section 26 of the M1Prison Act 1952 (release on licence of prisoner sentenced to corrective training or preventive detention) shall be treated for all purposes as if his sentence had expired.

5

A person sentenced to preventive detention who immediately before the commencement of the said section 60 was subject to a licence as aforesaid shall be treated for the purposes of Part III of this Act as if he had been released on licence under subsection (3)(a) of that section and as if the requirements specified in the licence under the said section 26 were conditions specified in a licence under the said paragraph (a).

7

A person sentenced to a term of imprisonment within the meaning of section 60 of this Act for eighteen months or more and subject immediately before the commencement of that section to a licence under section 25 of the M1Prison Act 1952 or section 20 of the M2Prisons (Scotland) Act 1952 (release on licence instead of remission in the case of prisoners under twenty-one) shall be treated as if he had been released on licence under section 60(3)(b) of this Act and as if the requirements specified in the licence under the said section 25 or 20 were conditions specified in a licence under the said paragraph (b).

10

A person subject immediately before the commencement of section 61 of this Act to a licence under any of the following enactments, that is to say, section 27 of the M1Prison Act 1952, section 21 of the M2Prisons (Scotland) Act 1952 (persons serving imprisonment for life), section 53(4) of the M3Children and Young Persons Act 1933 or section 57(4) of the M4Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937 (young offenders convicted of grave crimes), shall be treated as if he had been released on licence under the said section 61 and as if the conditions contained in a licence under any of the said enactments had been specified in a licence under the said section 61 and, in the case of a person released after being sentenced under section 53(2) of the said Act of 1933 or section 57(2) of the said Act of 1937 to be detained otherwise than for life, as if a licence granted to him under the said section 61 had specified the date of the expiration of his sentence as the date until which the licence is to remain in force.

11

Where any person sentenced to imprisonment for life or sentenced under section 53 of the M1Children and Young Persons Act 1933 or section 57 of the M2Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937 to be detained was notified before the commencement of section 61 of this Act that the Secretary of State proposed to release him under any enactment mentioned in the last foregoing paragraph, the Secretary of State may release him on licence under the said section 61, whether or not recommended to do so by the Parole Board or the Parole Board for Scotland.

12

Any person who immediately before the commencement of sections 60 to 62 or section 69 of this Act was unlawfully at large or liable to be arrested without warrant under any enactment superseded by any provision of those sections shall, so long as he is at large, be (or continue to be) unlawfully at large.

14

Section 93 of this Act shall not apply to a term of imprisonment to be served by a defaulter which has been fixed or imposed before the commencement of that section.

1

In section 5 (committal of incorrigible rogues to quarter sessions) for the words from “to the house of correction” onwards there shall be substituted the words “to quarter sessions, either in custody or on bail”.

2

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3

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4

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5

In section 55(4) (manner in which fine, etc., ordered to be paid by parent or guardian of young offender may be recovered) the words “by distress or imprisonment” shall be omitted.

6

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7

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8

In section 43(4)(a) (application of provisions of that Act) for the words from “subsections”, where it first occurs to “thirty” there shall be substituted the words “section twenty-eight”.

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14

In section 72A(2) (court of summary jurisdiction in Scotland to be specified in a transfer of fine order) for the words “twenty Pounds or more” there shall be substituted the words “more than fifty pounds or is a fine originally imposed by a court of assize or quarter sessions”.

15

In section 72A(3) (termination of functions of convicting court) for the words “convicting court” there shall be substituted the words “court which made the order”.

16

In section 72B (powers of magistrates’ court under transfer of fine order from Scotland) there shall be added the following subsection:—

“(3)
Where a transfer of fine order under section 44 of the Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Act 1954 provides for the enforcement in a petty sessions area in England and Wales of a fine originally imposed by a court of assize or quarter sessions, a magistrates’ court acting for that area shall have all the like functions under this Part of this Act, exercisable subject to the like restrictions, as if it were the magistrates’ court by which payment of the fine fell to be enforced by virtue of section 44(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 and as if any order made under the said Act of 1954 in respect of the fine before the making of the transfer of fine order had been made by that court.”

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Section 44 (transfer of fine orders within and from Scotland) shall be amended as follows, that is to say—

(a)

in subsection (2) for the words “fine was imposed” there shall be substituted the words “order is made”;

(b)

in (3) for the words “ imposing the fine” there shall be substituted the words “ which made the order”; and

(c)

at the end there shall be added the following subsection—

“(5)
Where a transfer of fine order under section 72A of the Magistrates’Courts Act 1952 or this section provides for the enforcement by a sheriff court in Scotland of a fine imposed by court of assize or quarter sessions, the proviso to the last foregoing subsection shall not apply, but the term imprisomnment which may be imposed under this Act shall be the term fixed in pursuance of section 47 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 by that court of assize or quarter sessions or a term which bears the same proportion to the term so fixed as the amount of fine remaining due bears to the amount of the fine imposed by that court, notwithstanding that the term exceeds the period applicable to the case under section 49(1) of this Act.”

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For section 32(2) (enactments about supervision and recall of persons released from prison which are to apply throughout the United Kingdom, etc.), there shall be substituted the following subsection:—

“(2)
The following are the enactments extended by this section, that is to say :—
(a)
section 45 of the Prison Act 1952 ;
(b)
sections 19 and 33 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1952 ;
(c)
section 55(4) of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 ;
(d)
sections 20, 21, 22 and 23 of the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953, and Schedules 1, 2 and 3 to that Act ;
(e)
section 13 of and Schedule I to this Act ;
(f)
sections 11, 12 and 14 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1963 and Schedule 1 to that Act ; and
(g)
sections 60 to 63 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967.”

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In section 40 (Northern Ireland) at the end there shall be added the following subsection—

“(2)
Any reference in this Act to an enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, or to an enactment which that Parliament has power to amend, shall be construed, in relation to Northern Ireland as a reference to that enactment as amended by any Act that Parliament, whether passed before or after this Act,and to any enactment of that Parliament passed after this Act re-enacting the said enactment with or without modifications.”

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Chapter	Short Title	Extent of Repeal
4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 58.	The Criminal Justice Administration Act 1914.	Section 27.
14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 46.	The Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1951.	Section 10.
		Section 21(c).
		Section 5(2).
		Section 6(2).
		In Schedule 1, paragraph 3(2).
		In Part I of Schedule 2, the modification of section 6.
1964 c. 43.	The Criminal Appeal Act 1964.	In paragraph 6 of Schedule 1, the words “or any enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland amending or replacing the said Part III”.
1966 c. 31.	The Criminal Appeal Act 1966.	In section 7(1), the words “at assizes or quarter sessions”.
1966 c. 20. (N.I.).	The Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1966.	In section 16(3) the words from “In relation to” onwards.

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