Paragraph 3

In section 32 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980–

(a)

for subsection (1) there shall be substituted the following subsection:–

“(1)

On summary conviction of any offence under section 20 of the Telegraph Act 1868^f1 (disclosing or intercepting messages) or section 3 of the Submarine Telegraph Act 1885^f2 (damaging submarine cables) a person shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to a fine not exceeding the prescribed sum or both.”;

(b)

in subsection (2), for the words “listed in Schedule 1 to this Act, being” there shall be substituted the words “an offence mentioned in subsection (1) above but which is”;

(c)

subsections (5) and (8) shall be omitted;

(d)

in subsection (9), after the words “In this section” there shall be inserted the following definition:–

““enactment” means an enactment contained in an Act of Parliament and extending to Guernsey; ”,

and in the definition of “relevant enactment”, after the words “same Session” there shall be inserted the words “of Parliament”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1868 c.110.
f2: 1885 c.49.