# Larceny Act 1916, Section 38: Jurisdiction of quarter sessions


(1) A court of quarter sessions—
(a) notwithstanding anything in the 5 & 6 Vict. c. 38.Quarter Sessions Act, 1842, shall in England have jurisdiction to try an indictment for burglary;
(b) shall not have jurisdiction to try an indictment for any offence against sections twenty, twenty-one, and twenty-two of this Act.
(2) A justice of the peace in England when committing for trial a person charged with burglary shall commit him for trial before a court of assize unless, owing to the absence of any circumstances which make the case a grave or difficult one, he thinks it expedient in the interest of justice to commit him for trial before a court of quarter sessions ; and the 52 & 53 Vict. c. 12.Assizes Relief Act, 1889, shall apply.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1916/50/section/38 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/larceny-act-1916/section-38
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