Railway Rolling Stock Protection Act 1872

6 Appeal to quarter sessions. U.K.

If any party thinks himself aggrieved by any order or adjudication of a court of summary jurisdiction under this Act, or by dismissal of his complaint by any such court, he may appeal therefrom, subject to the conditions and regulations following; (that is to say,)

(1) The appeal shall be made to [F1 some court of general or quarter sessions][F1 the Crown Court][F2 for the county or place in which the cause of appeal arises holden not less than fifteen days, and (unless adjourned by the court of appeal) not more than four months after the decision of the court of summary jurisdiction:

(2) The appellant shall, within seven days after the cause of appeal has arisen, give notice to the other party and to the court of summary jurisdiction of his intention to appeal, and the ground thereof:

(3) The appellant shall immediately after such notice enter into a recognizance before a justice of the peace, with two sufficient sureties, conditioned personally to try such appeal and to abide the judgment of the court thereon, and to pay such costs as may be awarded by the court, or give such other security, by deposit of money or otherwise, as the justice thinks fit to allow.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words “the Crown Court” substituted (E.W.) for words “some court of general or quarter sessions” by Courts Act 1971 (c. 23), s. 56(2), Sch. 9 Pt. I

F2 Words repealed (E.W.) by Summary Jurisdiction Act 1884 (c. 43), Sch.