SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 OFFENCES TRIABLE EITHER WAY BY VIRTUE OF SECTION 17

Section 17.

1

Offences at common law of public nuisance.

F151A

An offence at common law of outraging public decency.

2

F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

Offences consisting in contravention of section 13 of the M1Statutory Declarations Act 1835 (administration by a person of an oath etc. touching matters in which he has no jurisdiction).

4

Offences under section 36 of the M2Malicious Damage Act 1861 (obstructing engines or carriages on railways).

5

Offences under the following provisions of the Offences against the M3Person 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).

6

Offences under section 20 of the M4Telegraph Act 1868 (disclosing or intercepting messages).

7

Offences under section 13 of the M5Debtors Act 1869 (transactions intended to defraud creditors).

8

Offences under section 5 of the M6Public Stores Act 1875 (obliteration of marks with intent to conceal).

9

Offences under section 12 of the M7Corn Returns Act 1882 (false returns).

10

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11

Offences under section 3 of the M8Submarine Telegraph Act 1885 (damaging submarine cables).

12

Offences under section 13 of the M9Stamp Duties Management Act 1891 (offences in relation to dies and stamps).

13

Offences under section 8(2) of the M10Cremation Act 1902 (making false representations etc. with a view to procuring the burning of any human remains).

14

All offences under the M11Perjury 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).

15

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16

Offences under section 17 of the M12Deeds of Arrangement Act 1914 (trustee making preferential payments).

17

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18

Offences under section 8(2) of the M13Census Act 1920 (disclosing census information).

19

Offences under section 36 of the M14Criminal Justice Act 1925 (forgery of passports etc.).

20

Offences under section 11 of the M15Agricultural Credits Act 1928 (frauds by farmers).

21

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F722

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23

F8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

24

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9

25

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26

The following offences under the M16Criminal 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.

27

F11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

28

All indictable offences under the M17Theft 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.

29

Offences under the following provisions of the M18Criminal Damage Act 1971—

  • section 1(1) (destroying or damaging property);

  • section 1(1) and (3) (arson);

  • section 2 (threats to destroy or damage property);

  • section 3 (possessing anything with intent to destroy or damage property).

30

Offences in relation to stamps issued for the purpose of national insurance under the provisions of any enactments as applied to those stamps.

31

Uttering any forged document the forgery of which is an offence listed in this Schedule.

32

F12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

33

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

34

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35

F14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .