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- the order or a justice acting for the same petty sessional division or place as that court) substitute “A magistrates’ court acting for the petty sessions area in which the attendance centre specified in an order made under sub- section (1) of this section is situated”; and
- (b) omit “or justice”.
3. In subsection (7) (power to deal with offender for failure to attend, or breach of rules while attending, at centre)—
- (a) for “the petty sessional division or place for which the court which made the order acts” substitute “the petty sessions area in which the attendance centre specified in the order is situated”; and
- (b) for the words from “a court” to “the justice acts” substitute “a magistrates’ court acting for that area”.
REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT 1949 (c. 68)
In section 149(9) (procedure where person prosecuted before an election court subsequently attends or is brought before a magistrates’ court)—
- (a) in paragraph (b), for “hear” substitute “try”; and
- (b) after that paragraph add “and sections 19 to 26 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 shall (in either case) not apply.”.
PRISON ACT 1952 (c. 52)
1. In section 45, as amended by Schedule 4 to the 1961 c. 39.Criminal Justice Act 1961 (release of persons sentenced to Borstal training), substitute “one year” for “two years”—
- (a) in subsection (3) (where those words give the period of supervision after release);
- (b) in the first place where they occur in subsection (4) (where they give the period of liability to recall); and
- (c) wherever they occur in the proviso to subsection (4).
2. Paragraph 1 above shall not apply in relation to a person sentenced to Borstal training whose original release from a Borstal institution occurred before the coming into force of this paragraph.
MAGISTRATES’ COURTS ACT 1952 (c. 55)
1. In section 2 (jurisdiction to deal with charges)—
- (a) in subsection (4) (jurisdiction of magistrates’ court to try an indictable offence summarily), for the words from the beginning to " indictable offence" substitute—
- “(4) Subject to sections 19 to 23 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 and any other enactment (in that Act or elsewhere) relating to the mode of trial of offences triable either way, a magistrates’ court shall have jurisdiction to try summarily an offence triable either way”; and
- (b) after subsection (4) insert—
- “(4A) A magistrates’ court shall, in the exercise of its powers under section 6 of the 1969 c. 54.Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (summary trial of young persons), have
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