Version Superseded: 01/04/2000
Point in time view as at 10/04/1995. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980, Section 37 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 05 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
[F1(1)Where a person who is not less than 15 [F2but under [F318] years old] is convicted by a magistrates’ court of an offence punishable on conviction on indictment with a term of imprisonment exceeding six months, then, if the court is of opinion that he should be sentenced to a greater term of youth custody than it has power to impose, the court may [F4, subject to section 25 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994,] commit him in custody or on bail to the Crown Court for sentence.
F5(1A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]
(2)A person committed in custody under subsection (1) above shall be committed—
(a)if the court has been notified by the Secretary of State that a remand centre is available for the reception, from that court, of persons of the class or description of the person committed, to a remand centre;
(b)if the court has not been so notified, to a prison.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 37(1)(1A) substituted for subsection (1) by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 77, Sch. 14 para. 49
F2Words substituted by Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33, SIF 39:1), ss. 123(6), 170(1), Sch. 15 para. 67
F3Words '18 years old' in s. 37(1) substituted (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), ss. 60(2)(a), 101(1), Sch. 12 para. 16(1); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2
F4Words in s. 37(1) inserted (10.4.1995) by 1994 c. 33, s. 168(2), Sch. 10 para.42; S.I. 1995/721, art. 2, Sch. AppendixA
F5S. 37(1A) repealed (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), s. 101(2), Sch. 13; S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2
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