Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Act 1862

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1862 c. 50
Year1862
Anno Regni VICTORI, Britanniarum Regin,Vicesimo Quinto & Vicesimo Sexto. An Act to amend certain Provisions of the Acts of the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Years of Her Majesty, Chapters Ninety-six, Ninety-seven, Ninety-nine, and One hundred, respectively, relating to Summary Jurisdiction inIreland .

(25 & 26 Vict.) C A P. L.

[29th July 1862]

'WHEREAS it is expedient to amend certain Provisions of the Actsof the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Years of Her Majesty, Chapters Ninety-six, Ninety-seven, Ninety-nine, and One hundred, respectively, relating to Summary Jurisdiction inIreland :' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows:

S-1 Commencement of Act.

1 Commencement of Act.

1. This Act shall commence and take effect on the First Day ofSeptember One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.

S-2 As to Prosecution of Offences made punishable on Summary Conviction in Ireland.

2 As to Prosecution of Offences made punishable on Summary Conviction in Ireland.

2. From and after the Commencement of this Act every Offence by this Act and the said recited Acts, respectively, made punishable on Summary Conviction inIreland , may be prosecuted before any Justice or Justices sitting in Petty Sessions in Ireland , or before any Two Justices sitting out of Petty Sessions, (when the Offender shall be unable to procure Bail for his Appearance at Petty Sessions,) or before any Divisional Justice of the Police District of Dublin Metropolis; and no Stipendiary Magistrate in Ireland , not being a Justice of the Police District in Dublin Metropolis, shall have any further or other Jurisdiction than any other Justice of the Peace in respect of any such Offence.

S-3 Provisions in 24 & 25 Vict. cc. 96. and 97. relating to Mode of compelling Appearances not to extend to Ireland.

3 Provisions in 24 & 25 Vict. cc. 96. and 97. relating to Mode of compelling Appearances not to extend to Ireland.

3. The Provisions contained in the One hundred and fifth Section of the said Act of the last Session, Chapter Ninety-six, and in the Sixty-second Section of the said Act of the same Session, Chapter Ninety-seven, relating to the Mode of compelling the Appearance of Persons punishable on Summary Conviction, shall not extend toIreland ; and from and after the Commencement of this Act, whenever Information shall be given to any Justice or Justices in Ireland that any Person has committed or is suspected to have committed any Offence within the Limits of the Jurisdiction of such Justice or Justices for which such Persons shall be punishable upon a Summary Conviction, all Proceedings as to compelling the Appearance of any Person against whom any such Complaint shall have been made, or of any Witness, and as to the Hearing and Determination of such Complaints, and as to the making and executing of any Orders relating thereto, shall be subject in all respects to the Provisions of ‘The Petty Sessions (Ireland ) Act...

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