{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pedlars-act-1871/section-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pedlars-act-1871/section-20.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/34-35/96",
  "legislation_title": "Pedlars Act 1871",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pedlars-act-1871",
  "path": "section/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Summary proceedings for offences, &c.",
  "text": "In England and Ireland all offences and penalties under this Act may be prosecuted and recovered in manner directed by the Summary Jurisdiction Acts, before a court of summary jurisdiction.\nIn Scotland all offences and penalties under this Act shall be prosecuted and recovered before a court of summary jurisdiction under the provisions of Part II of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975, and all necessary powers are hereby conferred on such court.\n. . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), s. 460(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 20 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I Group1."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1975 c. 21."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/34-35/96/section/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T18:29:59.018632+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}