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Administration of Justice Act 1964

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This is the original version (as it was originally enacted).

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I Greater London

    1. The Central Criminal Court

      1. 1.Jurisdiction and sessions of Central Criminal Court

    2. Commissions and justices of the peace

      1. 2.The London commission areas

      2. 3.Power to adjust London commission areas

    3. Quarter sessions

      1. 4.Whole-time chairmen and deputy chairmen

      2. 5.County court judges as deputy chairmen

      3. 6.Temporary deputy chairmen

      4. 7.Proceedings and jurisdiction of quarter sessions

      5. 8.Clerks of the peace and other officers

    4. Summary jurisdiction in inner London

      1. 9.Integration of jurisdiction of stipendiary and lay magistrates

      2. 10.Metropolitan stipendiary magistrates

      3. 11.Composition of courts for domestic proceedings

      4. 12.Composition of juvenile courts

      5. 13.The committee of magistrates

      6. 14.Establishment of petty sessional divisions

      7. 15.Appointment of justices' clerks and other officers

      8. 16.Other functions of the committee of magistrates

      9. 17.Administrative and financial provisions

    5. Lieutenant and Sheriff

      1. 18.Lieutenant of Greater London

      2. 19.Sheriff of Greater London

    6. Miscellaneous and Supplementary

      1. 20.Extension of jurisdiction of magistrates' courts to try offences

      2. 21.Juries

      3. 22.The probation service

      4. 23.Superannuation of chairmen of quarter sessions

      5. 24.Superannuation of justices' clerks

      6. 25.Counties adjoining Greater London

      7. 26.The Inner and Middle Temples

  3. PART II General Provisions

    1. Indemnification of justices and clerks

      1. 27.General provision for indemnity

      2. 28.Prerogative proceedings and acts done in quarter sessions

    2. Miscellaneous

      1. 29.Administrative provisions relating to quarter sessions and their staff

      2. 30.Promissory oaths of justices of the peace

      3. 31.Allowances of justices and members of committees

      4. 32.Compensation under Justices of the Peace Act 1949, s. 42

      5. 33.Chairmanship of bench of magistrates

      6. 34.Assessors in Lancashire Crown Courts in juvenile cases

  4. PART III Supplemental

    1. 35.Application of supplementary provisions of the London Government Act 1963

    2. 36.Orders, rules and regulations

    3. 37.Financial provisions

    4. 38.Interpretation

    5. 39.Consequential and minor modifications and amendments

    6. 40.Transitional provisions

    7. 41.Short title, commencement, extent and repeal

  5. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      The Central Criminal Court

      1. Constitution

        1. 1.The Central Criminal Court (hereafter in this Schedule referred to...

        2. 2.The ex officio judges shall be the holders of the...

        3. 3.The additional judges shall be the judges of the Court...

      2. Jurisdiction

        1. 4.Her Majesty may by commissions of oyer and terminer and...

        2. 5.The jurisdiction of the Court shall include jurisdiction to try...

        3. 6.Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that the...

        4. 7.Every Order in Council under the last foregoing paragraph shall...

        5. 8.The jurisdiction of the Court may be exercised by any...

      3. Sittings

        1. 9.The Lord Chief Justice shall fix and cause to be...

        2. 10.A magistrates' court who would apart from this paragraph be...

        3. 11.Where an accused person is committed for trial to the...

        4. 12.Where an accused person is committed for trial to the...

        5. 13.For the purposes of this Schedule the trial of a...

        6. 14.The Court may sit at any place in the City...

      4. Officers

        1. 15.The clerk of the Court and such other officers of...

        2. 16.The remuneration and expenses of the clerk and other officers...

      5. Supplemental

        1. 17.Any commission under paragraph 4 of this Schedule may be...

        2. 18.The foregoing provisions of this Schedule shall be without prejudice...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Superannuation of Chairmen, etc., who have been Stipendiary Magistrates

      1. 1.Where a person to whom this Schedule applies retires from...

      2. 2.Where a person to whom this Schedule applies dies while...

      3. 3.Where the amount of any pension or other benefit payable...

      4. 4.The amount of any contribution payable under paragraph 3 of...

      5. 5.Section 33(6) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1949...

      6. 6.An election under paragraph 1 or 2 of this Schedule...

      7. 7.Any contribution payable by the Treasury under paragraph 3, or...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      ADAPTATION, AMENDMENT AND MODIFICATION OF ENACTMENTS

      1. PART I General adaptation of enactments

        1. 1.Any reference in any enactment to the Central Criminal Court...

        2. 2.Any reference in any enactment to a metropolitan police court,...

        3. 3.Any reference in any enactment to a magistrate of the...

        4. 4.Any reference in any enactment to the metropolitan police court...

        5. 5.The foregoing provisions of this Schedule shall apply to any...

      2. PART II Particular Amendments and Modifications

        1. THE METROPOLITAN POLICE ACT 1829

          1. 6.In section 1 for any reference to the county of...

        2. THE METROPOLITAN POLICE ACT 1856

          1. 7.In section 2 the word " Middlesex " shall be...

        3. THE STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATES' ACT 1858

          1. 8.In section 11, in its application to a London commission...

        4. THE EXTRADITION ACT 1870

          1. 9.In section 10 the words " to the Middlesex House...

        5. THE CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT (PRISONS) ACT 1881

          1. 10.For the purposes of section 2(5) Greater London shall be...

        6. THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ACT 1882

          1. 11.In section 168(2), after the words "save as regards" there...

        7. THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1888

          1. 12.(1) In section 42(12) for the references to the county...

        8. THE JURIES ACT 1922

          1. 13.In section 7, in the definition of " overseers ",...

        9. THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT (CLERKS) ACT 1931

          1. 14.(1) In sections 3(1), 4 and 7(3) for references to...

        10. THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1933

          1. 15.(1) Sections 3 and 5 shall apply to the chairman...

        11. THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUPERANNUATION ACT 1937

          1. 16.For the purposes of section 4(2), in its application (by...

        12. THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1938

          1. 17.(1) In section 1(4) for the words " second court"...

        13. THE LONDON BUILDING ACTS (AMENDMENT) ACT 1939

          1. 18.In section 151(1), in paragraph (b) the words "or of...

        14. THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1948

          1. 19.(1) In section 37(5) for paragraphs (a) to (c) (which...

        15. THE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE ACT 1949

          1. 20.(1) Any allowance payable under section 8 to a justice...

        16. THE COSTS IN CRIMINAL CASES ACT 1952

          1. 21.(1) In section 7(1), after paragraph (a) there shall be...

        17. THE MAGISTRATES' COURTS ACT 1952

          1. 22.(1) Section 10 shall, in its application to a magistrates'...

        18. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS DISQUALIFICATION ACT 1957

          1. 23.(1) In Part I of Schedule 1, both in its...

        19. THE SOLICITORS ACT 1957

          1. 24.For section 33(3) there shall be substituted the following subsection...

        20. THE COUNTY COURTS ACT 1959

          1. 25.(1) In section 4(1) for the word " eighty "...

        21. DISTRESS FOR RATES ACT 1960

          1. 26.Section 11(1) shall in its application to Greater London have...

        22. THE MATRIMONIAL PROCEEDINGS (MAGISTRATES' COURTS) ACT 1960

          1. 27.In section 1(2), after the word " shall " there...

        23. THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION ACT 1962

          1. 28.(1) In section 8(5), at the end there shall be...

        24. THE BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES ACT 1963

          1. 29.In paragraph 2 of Schedule 1, in paragraph (a) of...

        25. THE OFFICES, SHOPS AND RAILWAY PREMISES ACT 1963

          1. 30.In section 52(3) for paragraph (c) there shall be substituted...

        26. THE LICENSING ACT 1964

          1. 31.(1) In section 2(1) for the words from " (a)...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Transitional Provisions

      1. Commissions of the peace

        1. 1.Each commission granted under section 2 of this Act shall...

      2. Quarter sessions

        1. 2.As from the issuing of a commission of the peace...

        2. 3.(1) After the issue of a commission of the peace...

        3. 4.(1) After the issue of a commission of the peace...

      3. Petty sessional divisions

        1. 5.(1) The Secretary of State shall as soon as may...

      4. Magistrates' courts, etc.

        1. 6.(1) Subject to paragraph 14 of this Schedule, after the...

        2. 7.(1) The Lord Chancellor shall after the issue of a...

        3. 8.(1) This paragraph applies to a petty sessional division of...

        4. 9.(1) The chairman and deputy chairman of the justices for...

        5. 10.(1) The clerk of the peace for the inner London...

        6. 11.Unless the justices for a petty sessions area which will...

        7. 12.Any person who— (a) is a member of a magistrates'...

      5. Juries

        1. 13.(1) The jurors book prepared during 1964 for the area...

      6. Probation

        1. 14.(1) An order under paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to...

      7. Licensing

        1. 15.(1) Any order made, licence granted or other thing done...

      8. Preliminary expenditure

        1. 16.(1) Any expenditure incurred before 1st April 1965 in connection...

        2. 17.Any expenditure incurred before 1st April 1965 in connection with...

        3. 18.Any expenditure of the Greater London Council or the Receiver...

      9. Pending proceedings

        1. 19.(1) Any proceedings the hearing of which has begun but...

        2. 20.Subject to paragraph 19 of this Schedule, any person who...

        3. 21.(1) The inclusion in a London commission area of any...

        4. 22.Any documents in the custody, by virtue of his office...

      10. Miscellaneous

        1. 23.A deputy lieutenant of the county of London or of...

        2. 24.(1) A person who immediately before 1st April 1965 is...

        3. 25.(1) A person who— (a) immediately before 1st April, 1965...

        4. 26.Any person serving as metropolitan stipendiary magistrate immediately before 1st...

        5. 27.Any person serving as clerk to the Central Criminal Court...

        6. 28.(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, anything...

      11. Supplemental

        1. 29.Any requirement imposed by this Schedule on any body of...

        2. 30.Any person appointed to any office under arrangements mentioned in...

        3. 31.Any reference in this Schedule to a petty sessions area,...

        4. 32.If any order under section 41(2) of this Act appoints...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      Repeals

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