# Criminal Law Act 1977, Section 15: Offences which are to become triable only summarily.

Extent: E+W+S

(1) The following offences shall be triable only summarily (instead of either way), namely—
(a) the offences mentioned (and broadly described) in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Act; . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) The following offences under the Night Poaching Act 1828 shall be triable only summarily (instead of only on indictment), namely—
(a) offences under section 2 of that Act (assaults by persons committing offences under the Act);
(b) offences under section 9 of that Act (entering land, with others, armed and for the purpose of taking or destroying game or rabbits).
(5) Subsections (1) and (4) above are without prejudice to any other enactment by virtue of which any offence is triable only summarily.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/45/section/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-law-act-1977/section-15
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