Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 (repealed) (c. 62)

Part I U.K. Powers of Courts to Deal with Offenders

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 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

Miscellaneous Powers E+W

42 Power of Crown Court on committal for sentence. E+W

Where an offender is committed by a magistrates’ court for sentence under [F1 section 38 [F2 or 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

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 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F3 S. 42(2) repealed (1.4.2000) by 1998 c. 37, ss. 119, 120(2), Sch. 8 para. 31, Sch.10; S.I. 1999/3426, art. 3(c)(ii)(which Sch. 8 para. 31 of the 1998 Act is repealed (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165, 168, Sch. 12 Pt.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 etc. (not altering text)

C2 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)).