Section 42 Power of Crown Court on committal for sentence.C1
England and Wales
Where an offender is committed by a magistrates’ court for sentence under F1section 38 F2or 38A of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980. . ., the Crown Court shall enquire into the circumstances of the case and shall have power to deal with the offender in any manner in which it could deal with him if he had just been convicted of the offence on indictment before the court. F3
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Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words substituted by Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43, SIF 82), Sch. 7 para. 121
- F2
Words in s. 42(1) inserted (1.10.1997) by 1997 c. 43, s. 55(2), Sch. 4 para. 8(4); S.I. 1997/2200, art. 2(2)(d).
- F3
S. 42(2) repealed (1.4.2000) by 1998 c. 37, ss. 119, 120(2), Sch. 8 para. 31, Sch.10; S.I. 1999/3426, art. 3(c)(ii)(which Sch. 8 para. 31 of the 1998 Act is repealed (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165, 168, Sch. 12 Pt. I)
Modifications
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S. 42 excluded (1.10.1997) by 1980 c. 43, s. 38A(4) (as inserted by 1997 c. 43, s. 51; S.I. 1997/2200, art. 2(1)(k)).
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
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Act repealed (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165, 168(1), Sch. 12 Pt. I (with Sch. 11 paras. 1, 2)
Notes on Part I
Modifications
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Pt. I (ss. 1-46) modified (E.W.) (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), ss. 11 (1)(3), 101(1), Sch. 12, para. 1 (with s. 28); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2