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If any person against whom a warrant shall be issued by any justice of the peace for any county or place within England or Wales or Ireland, or by any judge of [F1the High Court] or [F2justice of oyer and terminer or gaol delivery][F2the Crown Court] in England or Ireland, for any crime or offence against the laws of those parts respectively of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, shall escape, go into, reside, or be, or be supposed or suspected to be, in any place in Scotland, it shall be lawful for the [F3sheriff principal or sheriff] . . . F4, or any justice of the peace, of the county or place where such person or persons shall go into, reside, or be, or be supposed or suspected to be, to indorse (K.) the said warrant in manner herein-before mentioned, or to the like effect; which warrant so indorsed shall be a sufficient authority to the person or persons bringing such warrant, and to all persons to whom such warrant was originally directed, and also to all sheriffs officers, . . . F4 constables, and other peace officers of the county or place where such warrant shall be so indorsed, to execute the same within the county or place where it shall have been so indorsed, by apprehending the person against whom such warrant shall have been granted, and to convey him into the county or place in England, Wales, or Ireland where the justice or justices who first issued the said warrant shall have jurisdiction in that behalf, and to carry him before such justice or justices, or before any other justice or justices of the peace of and for the same county or place, to be there dealt with according to law, and which said justice or justices are hereby authorized and required thereupon to proceed in such and the same manner as if the said offender had been apprehended within his or their jurisdiction.
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X1Ss. 12, 14 and 15 repealed as to Republic of Ireland, except in relation to warrants issued in the Republic and duly endorsed in the U.K. before 15.11.1965, and references to Ireland to be construed as references to Northern Ireland only: Backing of Warrants (Republic of Ireland) Act 1965 (c. 45), s. 9(1)(2)
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by virtue of Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54, SIF 37), s. 151(5), Sch. 4
F2Words “the Crown Court” substituted for words from “justice” to “gaol delivery” (E.W.) (S.) by Courts Act 1971 (c. 23), s. 59(5)(e), Sch. 8 para. 9
F3Words substituted by virtue of Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 (c. 58), s. 4
F4Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1891 (c. 67)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1In s. 12 for any references to justices of oyer and terminer or gaol delivery in Northern Ireland there is substituted a reference to the Crown Court by Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23, SIF 38), Sch. 5 Pt. II(1)
C2Ss. 12, 13 and 14 extended (E.W.) by Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43, SIF 82), s. 126
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