# Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980, Section 2: Trial of summary offences

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(1) A magistrates' court has jurisdiction to try any summary offence.
(2) A magistrates' court has jurisdiction under sections 51 and 51A of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 in respect of any offence committed by a person who appears or is brought before the court.
(3) Subject to—
(a) sections 18 to 22A , and
(b) any other enactment (wherever contained) relating to the mode of trial of offences triable either way,
a magistrates' court has jurisdiction to try summarily any offence which is triable either way.
(4) A magistrates' court has jurisdiction, in the exercise of its powers under section 24, to try summarily an indictable offence.
(5) This section does not affect any jurisdiction over offences conferred on a magistrates' court by any enactment not contained in this Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/43/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-act-1980/section-2
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