SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8Amendments of other Acts

PART IIMiscellaneous Amendments

M1Criminal Justice Act 1948

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For section 29 of that Act there shall be substituted the following section—

“29Committal for sentence in respect of indictable offence tried summarily.

Where an offender is committed by a magistrates' court for sentence under section 29 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1952 or section 62 of the M2Criminal Justice Act 1967, 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 by the court.”