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Section 140 Enforcement of ... recognizances forfeited by Crown Court.F17

England and Wales

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

C1(1)

Subject to subsection (5) below, F1... a recognizance forfeited by the Crown Court shall be treated for the purposes of collection, enforcement and remission of the F2... sum as having been F3... forfeited—

(a)

by a magistrates’ court specified in an order made by the Crown Court, or

(b)

if no such order is made, by the magistrates’ court by which the offender F4... was sent to the Crown Court for trial under section 51 F5or 51A of the M1Crime and Disorder Act 1998,

F6...

(2)

Subsection (3) below applies where a magistrates’ court issues a warrant of commitment on a default in the payment of—

F7(a)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)

a sum due under a recognizance forfeited by the Crown Court.

(3)

In such a case, the term of imprisonment or detention under section 108 above specified in the warrant of commitment as the term which the offender is liable to serve shall be—

(a)

the term fixed by the Crown Court under section 139(2) above, or

(b)

if that term has been reduced under section 79(2) of the M2Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (part payment) or section 85(2) of that Act (remission), that term as so reduced,

F8...

(4)

Subsections (1) to (3) above shall apply in relation to a F9... recognizance forfeited by the criminal division of the Court of Appeal, or by the F10Supreme Court on appeal from that division, as they apply in relation to a ... recognizance forfeited by the Crown Court; and references in those subsections to the Crown Court (except the references in subsection (1)(b)) shall be construed accordingly.

(5)

A magistrates’ court shall not, under section F11... 120 of the M3Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 as applied by subsection (1) above, remit the whole or any part of a F12... sum due under a recognizance forfeited by—

(a)

the Crown Court,

(b)

the criminal division of the Court of Appeal, or

(c)

the Supreme Court on appeal from that division,

without the consent of the Crown Court.

(6)

Any F13... sum the payment of which is enforceable by a magistrates’ court by virtue of this section shall be treated for the purposes of F14section 38 of the Courts Act 2003 (application of receipts of designated officers) F15... as being due under a recognizance forfeited by F16a magistrates' court.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in s. 140(1) omitted (1.12.2020) by virtue of Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 166(3)(a) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

F2

Words in s. 140(1) omitted (1.12.2020) by virtue of Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 166(3)(b) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

F3

Words in s. 140(1) omitted (1.12.2020) by virtue of Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 166(3)(c) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

F4

Words in s. 140(1)(b) repealed (18.6.2012 for specified purposes; 5.11.2012 for specified purposes; 28.5.2013 for specified purposes) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), s. 336(3)(4), Sch. 3 para. 74(4)(a), Sch. 37 Pt. 4; S.I. 2012/1320, art. 4(1)(c)(d)(2)(3) (with art. 5) (see S.I. 2012/2574, art. 4(2) and S.I. 2013/1103, art. 4); S.I. 2012/2574, art. 2(2)(2)(c)(3), Sch. (with arts. 3, 4) (as amended (4.11.2012) by S.I. 2012/2761, art. 2) (with S.I. 2013/1103, art. 4); S.I. 2013/1103, art. 2(1)(c)(d)(2)(3) (with arts. 3, 4)

F5

Words in s. 140(1)(b) inserted (9.5.2005 for specified purposes, 18.6.2012 for specified purposes; 5.11.2012 for specified purposes; 28.5.2013 for specified purposes) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), s. 336(3)(4), Sch. 3 para. 74(4)(b); S.I. 2005/1267, art. 2(1)(2)(b), Sch. Pt. 2; S.I. 2012/1320, art. 4(1)(c)(2)(3) (with art. 5) (see S.I. 2012/2574, art. 4(2) and S.I. 2013/1103, art. 4); S.I. 2012/2574, art. 2(2)(2)(c)(d)(3), Sch. (with arts. 3, 4) (as amended (4.11.2012) by S.I. 2012/2761, art. 2) (with S.I. 2013/1103, art. 4); S.I. 2013/1103, art. 2(1)(c)(2)(3) (with arts. 3, 4)

F6

Words in s. 140(1) omitted (1.12.2020) by virtue of Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 166(3)(d) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

F7

S. 140(2)(a) omitted (1.12.2020) by virtue of Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 166(4) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

F8

Words in s. 140(3) omitted (1.12.2020) by virtue of Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 166(5) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

F9

Words in s. 140(4) omitted (1.12.2020) by virtue of Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 166(6) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

F10

Words in s. 140(4)(5) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 9 para. 69; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)

F11

Words in s. 140(5) omitted (1.12.2020) by virtue of Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 166(7)(b) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

F12

Words in s. 140(5) omitted (1.12.2020) by virtue of Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 166(7)(a) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

F13

Words in s. 140(6) omitted (1.12.2020) by virtue of Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 166(8)(a) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

F14

Words in s. 140(6) substituted (1.12.2020 immediately before the consolidation date (see 2020 c. 9, ss. 3, 5(2)(3) and 2020 c. 17, ss. 2, 416)) by Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Act 2020 (c. 9), s. 5(2)(3), Sch. 2 para. 45; S.I. 2012/1236, reg. 2

F15

Words in s. 140(6) omitted (1.12.2020) by virtue of Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 166(8)(b) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

F16

Words in s. 140(6) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 166(8)(c) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

F17

Words in s. 140 heading omitted (1.12.2020) by virtue of Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 166(2) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

Marginal citations

M1

1998 c. 37.

M2

1980 c. 43.

M3

1980 c. 43.

Modifications

C1

S. 140(1)-(4) applied (with modifications) (24.3.2003) by Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29), ss. 35(2), 458(1); S.I. 2003/333, art. 2, Sch. (with arts. 10-13)

Notes on Miscellaneous powers and duties of Crown Court in relation to recognizances etc.

Textual amendments

F1

Word in s. 139 cross-heading substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 164 (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2