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(1)Where a person who has attained [F1the age of 18 years] (“the offender") has been convicted by a magistrates’ court (“the convicting court") of an offence to which this section applies (“the instant offence") and—
(a)it appears to the convicting court that some other magistrates’ court (“the other court") has convicted him of another such offence in respect of which the other court has neither passed sentence on him nor committed him to the Crown Court for sentence nor dealt with him in any other way; and
(b)the other court consents to his being remitted under this section to the other court,
the convicting court may remit him to the other court to be dealt with in respect of the instant offence by the other court instead of by the convicting court.
(2)The offender, if remitted under this section, shall have no right of appeal against the order of remission.
(3)Where the convicting court remits the offender to the other court under this section, it shall adjourn the trial of the information charging him with the instant offence, and—
(a)section 128 below and all other enactments (whenever passed) relating to remand or the granting of bail in criminal proceedings shall have effect in relation to the convicting court’s power or duty to remand the offender on that adjournment as if any reference to the court to or before which the person remanded is to be brought or appear after remand were a reference to the court to which he is being remitted; and
(b)subject to subsection (4) below, the other court may deal with the case in any way in which it would have power to deal with it (including, where applicable, the remission of the offender under this section to another magistrates’ court in respect of the instant offence) if all proceedings relating to that offence which took place before the convicting court had taken place before the other court.
(4)Nothing in this section shall preclude the convicting court from making any order which it has power to make under section 28 of the M1Theft Act 1968 (orders for restitution) by virtue of the offender’s conviction of the instant offence.
(5)Where the convicting court has remitted the offender under this section to the other court, the other court may remit him back to the convicting court; and the provisions of subsection (3) above (so far as applicable) shall apply with the necessary modifications in relation to any remission under this subsection.
(6)This section applies to—
(a)any offence punishable with imprisonment; and
(b)any offence in respect of which the convicting court has a power or duty to order the offender to be disqualified under [F2section 34 or 36 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988](disqualification for certain motoring offences);
and in this section “conviction” includes a finding under section 30(1) above that the person in question did the act or made the omission charged, and “convicted” shall be construed accordingly.
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F1Words in s. 39(1) substituted (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), ss. 68(d), 101(1), Sch. 8 para. 6(1)(a), Sch. 12 para. 22(1); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch.2.
F2Words substituted (15.5.1989) by Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c. 54, SIF 107:1), ss. 4, 5, Sch. 3 para. 20, Sch. 4 paras. 1, 2
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