# Justices of the Peace Act 1968, Section 1: Appointment of justices, oaths of office, etc.

Extent: E+W

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2), (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4)—(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(7) 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 . . .
(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/69/section/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-act-1968/section-1
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