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PART II FUNCTIONS OF RESIDENT MAGISTRATES AND JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
Functions of resident magistrates and justices of the peace other than resident magistrates
PART V CRIMINAL JURISDICTION AND PROCEDURE
Provisions applying to preliminary investigations and preliminary inquiries
PART VII APPEALS AND APPLICATIONS TO COURTS OF SUMMARY JURISDICTION
PART IX SATISFACTION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ORDERS
Orders for the payment of sums made in proceedings upon complaint otherwise than on conviction
Attachment of earnings for enforcement of orders for the periodical payment of money
Other matters in relation to enforcement of orders
111.Release from custody and reduction of period of imprisonment on payment
112.Enforcement of orders other than for the payment of money
115.Duties of Constabulary and others with respect to warrants
116.Issue, postponement or stay of execution of decrees in debt and ejectment proceedings
117.Postponement of issue of warrants or decrees until appeal determined
PART XII APPEAL AND CASE STATED
Supplemental provisions as to appeal to the county court by way of case stated.
149.Recognizance to prosecute appeal and fees on case stated
150.Abandonment of appeal to county court or by way of case stated
151.Estreat of recognizances and making of orders as to costs in connection with appeals
152.Enforcement of orders made, affirmed or varied on appeal or of original order where appeal abandoned
SCHEDULES
MATTERS WHICH MAY BE DEALT WITH BY A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE OUT OF PETTY SESSIONS
INDICTABLE OFFENCES WHICH MAY BE DEALT WITH SUMMARILY UPON CONSENT OF THE ACCUSED
3.Offences consisting in contravention of section 13 of the Statutory Declarations Act 1835 (administration by...
4.Offences under section 36 of the Malicious Damage Act 1861 (obstructing engines or carriages on...
5.The following offences under the Offences against the Person Act 1861— (a) offences under— (i)...
6.Offences under section 20 of the Telegraph Act 1868 (disclosing or intercepting messages).
7.Offences under Part II of the Debtors Act (Ireland) 1872 (punishment of fraudulent debtors, absconding...
8.Offences under section 5 of the Public Stores Act 1875 (obliteration of marks with intent...
9.Offences under section 3 of the Submarine Telegraph Act 1885 (damaging submarine cables).
11.Offences under section 13 of the Stamp Duties Management Act 1891 (offences in relation to...
13.Offences under Part IV of the Bankruptcy Amendment Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 (bankrupt or arranging...
15.Any offence which under section 105(1) and (2) (corrupt practice except where there may be...
16.Offences under section 3(1) of the Shipping Contracts and Commercial Documents Act 1964 (offences), in...
17.Offences of publishing, exhibiting or selling any indecent or obscene book, writing, picture, or model,...
18.Offences under the following provisions of the Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1967— (a) section...
19.Offences to which section 9 of the Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 applies (aiding,...
20.Any indictable offence under the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 except— (a) robbery, aggravated burglary,...
21.Offences under Article 10 of the Perjury (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (false statutory declarations and...
1.Where a corporation is charged, whether alone or jointly with...
2.If the corporation appears before a magistrates' court by a...
3.Subject to paragraph 4, where the preliminary investigation or the...
4.Where any person is charged jointly with a corporation with...
5.In this Schedule— (a) “representative” in relation to a corporation...
6.A representative for the purposes of this Schedule need not...
PART II CONSTRUCTION OF REFERENCES
2.References in any enactment relating to proceedings before a magistrates' court to a penal sum...
3.References in any enactment to the preliminary investigation of an...
4.References in any enactment in force on 30th November 1965 to the summary trial of...
5.References in any enactment to the Summary Jurisdiction Rules Committee or to summary jurisdiction rules...
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