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Changes over time for: Cross Heading: Vagrancy Act 1824 (c. 83)


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Criminal Justice Act 2003, Cross Heading: Vagrancy Act 1824 (c. 83) is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 20 February 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.

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Schedule 32 Part 2 Crossheading Vagrancy-act-1824-c-83:
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Vagrancy Act 1824 (c. 83)E+W
145E+WIn section 3 of the Vagrancy Act 1824 (idle and disorderly persons), for the words from “subject to” to the end there is substituted “ it shall be lawful for any justice of the peace to impose on such person (being thereof convicted before him by his own view, or by the confession of such person, or by the evidence on oath of one or more credible witnesses) a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale ”.
146(1)Section 4 of that Act (rogues and vagabonds) is amended as follows.E+W
(2)In that section, for the words from “shall be” to the end there is substituted “ commits an offence under this section ”.
(3)At the end of that section (which becomes subsection (1)) there is inserted—
“(2)It shall be lawful for any justice of the peace to impose on any person who commits an offence under this section (being thereof convicted before him by the confession of such person, or by the evidence on oath of one or more credible witnesses)—
(a)in the case of a person convicted of the offence of wandering abroad and lodging in any barn or outhouse, or in any deserted or unoccupied building, or in the open air, or under a tent, or in any cart or waggon, and not giving a good account of himself, a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale, and
(b)in the case of a person convicted of any other offence under this section, a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.”
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