{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003/schedule-36/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003/schedule-36/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/44",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/36/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 1 (issue of summons to accused or warrant for his arrest) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (3) after “section” there is inserted “ upon an information being laid ”.\n(3) In subsection (4) after “summons” there is inserted “ , or a written charge and requisition, ”.\n(4) In subsection (6) after “has” there is inserted “ , or a written charge and requisition have, ”.\n(5) After subsection (6) there is inserted—\n“(6A) Where the offence charged is an indictable offence and a written charge and requisition have previously been issued, a warrant may be issued under this section by a justice of the peace upon a copy of the written charge (rather than an information) being laid before the justice by a public prosecutor.”\n(6) After subsection (7) there is inserted—\n“(7A) For the purposes of subsection (6A) above, a copy of a written charge may be laid before, and a warrant under this section may be issued by, a single justice of the peace.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2008/4",
      "affecting_title": "Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/44/schedule/36/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:34:27.767865+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}