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English: An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to the offices of justice of the peace, resident magistrate and clerk of petty sessions, the jurisdiction of, and the practice and procedure before, magistrates' courts, and to matters connected therewith.
The Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 [1] (c. 43) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is a consolidation act. [3] It codifies the procedures applicable in the magistrates' courts of England and Wales and largely replaces the Magistrates' Courts Act 1952. Part I of the act sets out provisions in relation to the courts' criminal ...
The Magistrates' Courts (Appeals From Binding Over Orders) Act 1956 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 44) The Metropolitan Magistrates' Courts Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 45) The Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978 (c. 22) The Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) The Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (c. 29)
The Melbourne Magistrates' Court, the principal venue of the Magistrates' Court of Victoria A magistrates' court is a lower court where, in several jurisdictions , all criminal proceedings start. Also some civil matters may be dealt with here, such as family proceedings.
The Magistrates' Court of Kenya is a Subordinate court established under Article 169 1(a) of Kenya's 2010 Constitution. [1] The Court is subordinate to the High Court and is presided over by either a chief magistrate, a senior principal magistrate, a principal magistrate, a senior resident magistrate, or a resident magistrate. [2]
Section 85(1) was repealed by section 56 of, and paragraph 34(4)(a) of Schedule 8 to, and Part IV of Schedule 11 to the Courts Act 1971. It was superseded by the provisions of the Courts Act 1971 authorising the making of Crown Court rules. Section 85(2A) was inserted by section 56 of, and paragraph 34(4)(b) of Schedule 8 to, the Courts Act 1971.
A key principle of the 1949 Act was that magistrates' courts should operate on a local basis with a large degree of autonomy. However, it left the central issue of accountability unanswered. In 1989, Julian Le Vay, a civil servant, conducted an "Efficiency Scrutiny of the Magistrates' Courts" [3] on the instruction of the Home Secretary. He ...
In England and Wales, a magistrates' court is a lower court which hears matters relating to summary offences and some triable either-way matters. Some civil law issues are also decided here, notably family proceedings. In 2010, there were 320 magistrates' courts in England and Wales; by 2020, a decade later, 164 of those had closed.