{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-act-1980/section-108",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-act-1980/section-108.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/43",
  "legislation_title": "Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-act-1980",
  "path": "section/108",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "108",
  "heading": "Right of appeal to the Crown Court.",
  "text": "(1) A person convicted by a magistrates’ court may appeal to the Crown Court—\n(a) if he pleaded guilty, against his sentence;\n(b) if he did not, against the conviction or sentence.\n(1A) Section 82 of the Sentencing Code (under which a conviction of an offence for which ... an order for conditional or absolute discharge is made is deemed not to be a conviction except for certain purposes) shall not prevent an appeal under this Act, whether against conviction or otherwise.\n(2) A person sentenced by a magistrates’ court for an offence in respect of which ... an order for conditional discharge has been previously made may appeal to the Crown Court against the sentence.\n(2A) A person convicted under section 16H may not appeal under this section against the conviction or sentence, except a sentence imposed under section 16M(5)(b).\n(3) In this section “sentence” includes any order made on conviction by a magistrates’ court, not being—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) an order for the payment of costs;\n(c) an order under ... section 37(1) of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 (which enables a court to order the destruction of an animal); or\n(d) an order made in pursuance of any enactment under which the court has no discretion as to the making of the order or its terms\nand also includes a declaration of relevance, within the meaning of section 23 of the Football Spectators Act 1989.\n(4) Subsection (3)(d) above does not prevent an appeal against a surcharge imposed under section 42 of the Sentencing Code.\n(5) Subsection (3) does not prevent an appeal against an order under section 46 of the Sentencing Code (criminal courts charge).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 108(1A) inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 66(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 108(1A) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 54(2) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 108(1A) repealed (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), s. 101(2), Sch. 13; S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 108(2) repealed (30.9.1998) by 1998 c. 37, ss. 119, 120(2), Sch. 8 para. 43, Sch. 10; S.I. 1998/2327, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 108(2A) inserted (7.11.2023) by Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (c. 35), s. 51(4), Sch. 2 para. 1(5); S.I. 2023/1194, reg. 2(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 108(3)(a) repealed by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), Sch. 16"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 108(3)(c) repealed (28.8.2000) by 2000 c. 25, s. 1, Sch. 3; S.I. 2000/2125, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 108(3)(c) substituted (27.3.2007 for W. and 6.4.2007 for E.) by Animal Welfare Act 2006 (c. 45), ss. 64, 68, Sch. 3 para. 10 (with ss. 1(2), 58(1), 59, and 60); S.I. 2007/1030 {art. 2}; S.I. 2007/499, art. 2(2)(l)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words inserted by Football Spectators Act 1989 (c. 37, SIF 45A), s. 23(3)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in s. 108(3) substituted (6.4.2007) by Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (c. 38), ss. 52, 66(2), Sch. 3 para. 14(2)(b); S.I. 2007/858, art. 2(k)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "S. 108(4) inserted (1.4.2007) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), ss. 58(1), 60, Sch. 10 para. 10; S.I. 2007/602, art. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in s. 108(4) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 54(3) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "S. 108(5) inserted (13.4.2015) by Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), s. 95(1), Sch. 12 para. 4; S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 78"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Words in s. 108(5) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 54(4) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 108(1) extended (31.3.1997) by 1995 c. 35, s. 11(2)(3); S.I. 1997/402, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 108(1)(b) extended (19.2.2001) by 2000 c. 11, s. 7(7)(b); S.I. 2001/421, art. 2S. 108(1)(b) extended (11.3.2005) by Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (c. 2), s. 12(7)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 108(1)(b) extended (15.12.2011) by Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (c. 23), s. 31(2), Sch. 3 para. 4(5)(d) (with Sch. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 108(1)(b) applied (12.2.2015) by Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (c. 6), s. 52(5), Sch. 4 para. 4(5)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "S. 108(1)(b) applied (20.12.2023) by National Security Act 2023 (c. 32), s. 100(1), Sch. 9 para. 4(4)(d) (with s. 97); S.I. 2023/1272, reg. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/43/section/108",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:26:47.197891+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."
}