Court Procedure and the Criminal Justice Act, 1948
| Date | 01 January 1950 |
| Published date | 01 January 1950 |
| Author | A. J. Chislett |
| DOI | 10.1177/0032258X5002300111 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
THE
POLICE
JOURNAL
the
surface of the ground, and secondly, they have no difficulty in
finding non-metallic articles which create no reaction in the mechanical
mine detector.
Questions regarding
the
application of the work of these dogs in
relation to crime investigation were asked,
but
at the time no definite
promise could be made as to whether the dogs could be loaned out to
Police Forces generally.
This
point is being taken up by the Command-
ing Officer, and it is hoped
that
an agreement will be reached between
the War Office and the Home Office to enable any Police Force to be
able to call for assistance of the dogs if and when required, in the
shortest possible time.
Court Procedure and the Criminal
Justice Act, 1948
By A. J.
CHISLETT,
B.Sc.
Clerk
to
the
Justices,
Wallington
(Continuedfrom page 308
of
Vol.
XXII
(I949))
ADJOU
RN
ME N TS and Remands.
The
powers conferred on magis-
trates by s. 16 of the Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1848, to adjourn the
hearing of a summary case have been materially changed. By virtue of
that section acase may beadjourned to any date fixed by the court, whether
or not the defendant has been convicted, and during the adjournment
the defendant may be suffered to go at large or may be remanded
in custody or on bail. Section 25 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1948,
now provides
that
where a person has been convicted of an offence
summarily (including an indictable offence tried summarily)
the
hearing may be adjourned for the purpose of enabling inquiries to be
made, or of determining the most suitable method of dealing with
his case. Any number of adjournments may be granted so long as no
single adjournment is for longer than three weeks. During the adjourn-
ment the defendant may be at large, or in custody or on bail. Secondly,
s. 26 provides that if a person is convicted of an offence punishable
with imprisonment and the court is of opinion that an inquiry ought to
be made into his physical or mental condition, it is under a
duty
to
remand him for medical examination, either in custody or on bail,
for a period
not
exceeding three weeks on
anyone
occasion.
If
he is
remanded on bail it will be a condition of his recognisance that he shall
undergo examination by a doctor at a specified institution or place, or
by a specified doctor elsewhere.
The
recognisance may, in suitable
cases, provide for his residence in a specified place during the
re~and.
An important new power is that after a person has been convicted
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