# Magistrates’ Courts (Procedure) Act 1998, Introduction: Introductory text


An Act to amend sections 12 and 13 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980; to make further provision, in relation to certain criminal proceedings in magistrates’ courts, about the proof of previous convictions and orders; and for connected purposes.
[21st May 1998]
Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/15/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-procedure-act-1998/introduction
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