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Justices of the Peace Act 1968

1968 c. 69 · Enacted 25 October 1968 · Extends to England, Wales and Scotland

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An Act to make further provision for confining the office of justice of the peace to persons selected for it, and terminating the appointment of stipendiary magistrates under local Acts, and for matters arising thereout, and to forward in other respects the proper discharge of the functions of justices by amending the law as to age limits, payment of allowances, powers and qualifications of justices’ clerks and their assistants and other matters; and for purposes connected therewith.

[25th October 1968]C1

Annotations to the whole text

Modifications

C1

Act repealed (S.) by District Courts (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 20), Sch.2

Contents

  1. 1Appointment of justices, oaths of office, etc.
  2. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  3. 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  4. 4Section 4
  5. 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  6. 6Provisions applying to Scotland.
  7. 7Commencement, and power to provide for transitional matters.
  8. 8Supplementary.
  9. Schedule 1Schedule 1
  10. Schedule 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Schedule 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  11. Schedule 3: Supplementary Provisions as to City of London and Local Act Stipendiaries
  12. Part I: Principal Provisions as to City of London
  13. 1Paragraph 1 Repealed
  14. 2, 3Paragraph 2, 3 Repealed
  15. 4Paragraph 4
  16. 5Paragraph 5
  17. 6Paragraph 6 Repealed
  18. 7Paragraph 7 Repealed
  19. 8Paragraph 8 Repealed
  20. 9Paragraph 9 Repealed
  21. 10Paragraph 10
  22. Part II
  23. 11—14Paragraph 11—14 Repealed
  24. Part III
  25. 15, 16Paragraph 15, 16 Repealed
  26. Schedule 4Schedule 4
  27. Schedule 5Schedule 5

1Appointment of justices, oaths of office, etc. E+W

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2), (3)

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It is hereby declared that any court of record having a criminal jurisdiction has, as ancillary to that jurisdiction, the power to bind over to keep the peace, and power to bind over to be of good behaviour, a person who or whose case is before the court, by requiring him to enter into his own recognisances or to find sureties or both, and committing him to prison if he does not comply . . . F3

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6Provisions applying to Scotland.

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2), (3)

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7Commencement, and power to provide for transitional matters.

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The provisions of section 1 of this Act and Schedules 1 to 3 shall not come into force until such day as Her Majesty may by Order in Council appoint, and a different day may be appointed for different provisions or for different purposes of the same provision.

(2)

An Order in Council under subsection (1) above may include such provision as appears to Her Majesty to be expedient for supplementing, as regards transitional matters, the provisions of this Act . . . F1 and any provision included in an Order in Council by virtue of this subsection may be varied or revoked by a further Order in Council.

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(4)

The provisions of section 4 of this Act shall not come into force until such day as the Secretary of State may by order (to be made by statutory instrument) appoint, and a different day may be appointed for Scotland from the day appointed for England and Wales.

(5)

Any statutory instrument containing an Order in Council or order under this section shall be laid before Parliament after being made.

8Supplementary.

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This Act may be cited as the Justices of the Peace Act 1968.

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(3)

This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland, . . . F2

Schedule 1F1

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Schedule 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F1

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2, 3

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In the M1City of London Police Act 1839 for the definition of “justice” in section 2 (by which the word is defined to mean the Lord Mayor or any alderman or the recorder of the City) there shall be substituted— “justice” means a justice of the peace for the City of London ”.

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7

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8

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9

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(2)

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11—14

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15, 16

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Schedule 4F1 E+W

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Schedule 5F1 E+W

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