The Criminal Justice Act, 1961
| DOI | 10.1177/002201836202600109 |
| Published date | 01 January 1962 |
| Date | 01 January 1962 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
The
Criminal Justice
Act, 1961
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The
following are some of
the
Provisions in Force on
and
October,
1961:
Fines for Young Offenders. s. 8.
The
maximum fines
which magistrates' courts may impose upon offenders under
17
are modified.
The
maximum fine which may be imposed
upon a child under
14
is increased to
£10.
Aperson aged
14
but
under
17
may be fined a maximum of
£50
for any offence
tried summarily.
This
limit applies both to indictable and
summary offences (previously there was no general limit to
the fine imposed upon a young person for a summary offence).
Where the enactment creating the offence provides a lower
maximum fine that lower maximum will prevail. These
maximum limits apply only to the fine and not to the total of
fine, damages and compensation.
It
is also made clear that
the
sum
which a parent or guardian may be ordered to pay shall
include compensation for loss occasioned by the juvenile's
offence.
Breach
of
Probation, etc. s. 9. resolves
the
difficulty
experienced where a probation order or order of conditional
discharge has been made by a magistrates' court in
the
case of
aperson under
17
for an offence not triable summarily in
the
case of an adult and where after attaining
17
he appears to be
dealt with for the original offence.
He
is now to be dealt with
as if he had
just
been dealt with summarily with his consent
under s,
19
of the Magistrates' Courts' Act,
1952.
Attendance at Attendance Centres. s,
10
(I).
The
minimum
age at which a person may be ordered to attend an attendance
centre is reduced from
12
years to
10
years.
(2)
The
maximum number of hours which may be
awarded is increased from
12
to
24,
although
12
becomes the
normal standard. Less than
12
hours may be awarded only
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