{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-act-1997-repealed/section-52",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-act-1997-repealed/section-52.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/25",
  "legislation_title": "Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justices-of-the-peace-act-1997-repealed",
  "path": "section/52",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "52",
  "heading": "Immunity for certain acts beyond jurisdiction.",
  "text": "(1) An action shall lie against any justice of the peace or justices’ clerk in respect of any act or omission of his—\n(a) in the purported execution of his duty—\n(i) as such a justice; or\n(ii) as such a clerk exercising, by virtue of any statutory provision, any of the functions of a single justice; but\n(b) with respect to a matter which is not within his jurisdiction,\nif, but only if, it is proved that he acted in bad faith.\n(2) In this section references to a justices’ clerk include any person appointed by a magistrates’ courts committee to assist a justices’ clerk.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 52 renumbered as s. 52(1) (1.4.2001) by 1999 c. 22, s. 100 (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 2001/916, art. 2(b)(i) (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 2 para. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 52(2) inserted (1.4.2001) by 1999 c. 22, s. 100 (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 2001/916, art. 2(b)(i) (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 2 para. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/25/section/52",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:26:14.706489+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."
}