Criminal Justice Act 1925

39 Amendment of ss. 42 and 43 of Offences against the Person Act, 1861

(1) Where a person has been convicted by a court of summary jurisdiction of an offence under section forty-two of the [24 & 25 Vict. c. 100.] Offences against the Person Act, 1861 (which imposes a penalty on persons committing any common assault or battery) he shall instead of being liable to a fine not exceeding, together with costs, the sum of five pounds, be liable to a fine not exceeding five pounds in addition to any costs which the court may order him to pay.

(2) The fine to which a person shall be liable on conviction by a court of summary jurisdiction for an offence under section forty-three of the Offences against the Person Act, 1861 (which imposes a penalty on persons committing an aggravated assault), shall, instead of being a fine not exceeding together with costs the sum of twenty pounds, be a fine not exceeding the sum of fifty pounds, and the offender shall in addition be liable to pay any costs which the court may order him to pay.

(3) A court of summary jurisdiction by which any person is convicted of an offence under either of the enactments mentioned in this section may, in addition to imposing any penalty, order the offender to enter into a recognizance, with or without sureties, to keep the peace or to be of good behaviour for a period not exceeding twelve months.