19 Jurisdiction to try certain offences and applications of certain fines.E+W+S
(1)For the purposes of and incidental to the jurisdiction of any magistrates’ court, or, in Scotland, of the sheriff, any offence under section 16 or 17 of this Act shall be deemed to have been committed either in the place in which it was actually committed or in any place in which the offender may for the time being be found.
(2)Any offence under any of the provisions of this Act mentioned in subsection (4) of this section committed in Scotland may be prosecuted in any court of summary jurisdiction within the meaning of the [F1M1Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975] having jurisdiction in the place where the offence was committed.
(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2
(4)The provisions of this Act referred to in subsections (2) and (3) of this section are sections 3(3) and 7(4) and paragraph 4(5) of Schedule 1.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1889 (c. 63), s. 38(1)
F2S. 19(3) repealed by Criminal Justice Act 1972 (c. 71), Sch. 6 Pt. II
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