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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 ...
[1] The jurisdiction of magistrates' courts and rules governing them are set out in the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980. All criminal proceedings start at a magistrates' court. Summary offences are lesser crimes (for example, public order offences and most driving matters) that can be punished under the magistrates' courts maximum sentencing ...
The Magistrates' Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1964 (c. 21 (N.I.)). Magistrates' Courts Order. An Order in Council with this title has been passed. The change in nomenclature is due to the demise of the Parliament of Northern Ireland and the imposition of direct rule.
The words "the Crown Court" were substituted for the words "a court of assize or quarter sessions" by section 56 of, and paragraph 34(3) of Schedule 8 to, the Courts Act 1971. See section 48(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967. Section 72A(2) was amended by section 103(1) of, and paragraph 14 of Schedule 6 to, the Criminal Justice Act 1967.
This time limit does not apply to either-way offences tried summarily. However, any time limit for such an offence imposed by statute binds the magistrates' court as it would a Crown court. In Scotland, the time limit for a summary offence (regardless of which court tries it) is six months, unless an enactment sets a different time limit.
Magistrates also sit at the Crown Court to hear appeals against verdict and/or sentence from the magistrates' court. In these cases the magistrates form a panel with a judge. [57] A magistrate is not allowed to sit in the Crown Court on the hearing of an appeal in a matter on which they adjudicated in the magistrates' court. There is a right of ...
Magistrate courts hear less serious cases. The Court of Appeals travels around. Constitutional matters, as well as fundamental rights and liberties, fall under the High Court's purview. [2] The levels of the courts are as follows: The magistrates' courts; The Supreme Court. High Court; Court of Appeal. Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
A magistrates' court may set aside and vary decisions of its own court, in relation both to sentence and conviction. In relation to conviction, a magistrates' court may order a rehearing of a case against a person convicted by that magistrates' court. [1] The court may exercise the power when it appears to be in the interests of justice to do ...