Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984E+W
24E+WThe following shall be inserted at the end of section 71 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (microfilm copies)—
“Where the proceedings concerned are proceedings before a magistrates’ court inquiring into an offence as examining justices this section shall have effect with the omission of the words “authenticated in such manner as the court may approve.””
25E+WIn section 76 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (confessions) the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (8)—
“(9)Where the proceedings mentioned in subsection (1) above are proceedings before a magistrates’ court inquiring into an offence as examining justices this section shall have effect with the omission of—
(a)in subsection (1) the words “and is not excluded by the court in pursuance of this section”, and
(b)subsections (2) to (6) and (8).”
26E+WIn section 78 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (exclusion of unfair evidence) the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (2)—
“(3)This section shall not apply in the case of proceedings before a magistrates’ court inquiring into an offence as examining justices.”
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