SCHEDULES

Section 17.

SCHEDULE 1E+W OFFENCES TRIABLE EITHER WAY BY VIRTUE OF SECTION 17

1E+WOffences at common law of public nuisance.

Valid from 20/01/2004

[F11AE+WAn offence at common law of outraging public decency.]

2Offences under section 8 of the M1Disorderly Houses Act 1751 (appearing to be keeper of bawdy house etc.).

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3E+WOffences consisting in contravention of section 13 of the M2Statutory Declarations Act 1835 (administration by a person of an oath etc. touching matters in which he has no jurisdiction).

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4E+WOffences under section 36 of the M3Malicious Damage Act 1861 (obstructing engines or carriages on railways).

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5E+WOffences under the following provisions of the Offences against the M4Person Act 1861—

(a)section 16 (threats to kill);

(b)section 20 (inflicting bodily injury, with or without a weapon);

(c)section 26 (not providing apprentices or servants with food etc.);

(d)section 27 (abandoning or exposing child);

(e)section 34 (doing or omitting to do anything so as to endanger railway passengers);

(f)section 36 (assaulting a clergyman at a place of worship etc.);

(g)section 38 (assault with intent to resist apprehension);

(h)section 47 (assault occasioning bodily harm. . . F2);

(i)section 57 (bigamy);

(j)section 60 (concealing the birth of a child).

Textual Amendments

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6E+WOffences under section 20 of the M5Telegraph Act 1868 (disclosing or intercepting messages).

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7E+WOffences under section 13 of the M6Debtors Act 1869 (transactions intended to defraud creditors).

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8E+WOffences under section 5 of the M7Public Stores Act 1875 (obliteration of marks with intent to conceal).

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9E+WOffences under section 12 of the M8Corn Returns Act 1882 (false returns).

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10E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

11E+WOffences under section 3 of the M9Submarine Telegraph Act 1885 (damaging submarine cables).

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12E+WOffences under section 13 of the M10Stamp Duties Management Act 1891 (offences in relation to dies and stamps).

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13E+WOffences under section 8(2) of the M11Cremation Act 1902 (making false representations etc. with a view to procuring the burning of any human remains).

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14E+WAll offences under the M12Perjury Act 1911 except offences under—

(a)section 1 (perjury in judicial proceedings);

(b)section 3 (false statements etc. with reference to marriage);

(c)section 4 (false statements etc. as to births or deaths).

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15E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

16E+WOffences under section 17 of the M13Deeds of Arrangement Act 1914 (trustee making preferential payments).

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17E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

18E+WOffences under section 8(2) of the M14Census Act 1920 (disclosing census information).

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19E+WOffences under section 36 of the M15Criminal Justice Act 1925 (forgery of passports etc.).

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20E+WOffences under section 11 of the M16Agricultural Credits Act 1928 (frauds by farmers).

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21E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6

22Offences under the following provisions of the M17Post Office Act 1953—

(a)section 53 (unlawfully taking away or opening mail bag);

(b)section 55 (fraudulent retention of mail bag or postal packet);

(c)section 57 (stealing, embezzlement, destruction etc. by officer of Post Office of postal packet);

(d)section 58 (opening or delaying of postal packets by officers of the Post Office).

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23Offences under the following provisions of the M18Sexual Offences Act 1956—

(a)section 6 (unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 16);

(b)section 13 (indecency between men);

(c)section 26 (permitting a girl under 16 to use premises for sexual intercourse).

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24E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7

25E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8

26E+WThe following offences under the M19Criminal Law Act 1967—

(a)offences under section 4(1) (assisting offenders); and

(b)offences under section 5(1) (concealing arrestable offences and giving false information),

where the offence to which they relate is triable either way.

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27Offences under section 4(1) of the M20Sexual Offences Act 1967 (procuring others to commit homosexual acts).

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28E+WAll indictable offences under the M21Theft Act 1968 except:—

(a)robbery, aggravated burglary, blackmail and assault with intent to rob;

(b)burglary comprising the commission of, or an intention to commit, an offence which is triable only on indictment;

(c)burglary in a dwelling if any person in the dwelling was subjected to violence or the threat of violence.

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29E+WOffences under the following provisions of the M22Criminal Damage Act 1971—

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30E+WOffences in relation to stamps issued for the purpose of national insurance under the provisions of any enactments as applied to those stamps.

31E+WUttering any forged document the forgery of which is an offence listed in this Schedule.

32Committing an indecent assault upon a person whether male or female.

33E+WAiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of any offence listed in the preceding paragraphs of this Schedule except paragraph 26.

34E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9

35Any offence consisting in the incitment to commit an offence triable either way except an offence mentioned in paragraph 33. . . F10above.