Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980

Section 17.

SCHEDULE 1E+W OFFENCES TRIABLE EITHER WAY BY VIRTUE OF SECTION 17

1E+WOffences at common law of public nuisance.

[F11AE+WAn offence at common law of outraging public decency.]

2E+WF2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3E+WOffences consisting in contravention of section 13 of the M1Statutory Declarations Act 1835 (administration by a person of an oath etc. touching matters in which he has no jurisdiction).

4E+WOffences under section 36 of the M2Malicious Damage Act 1861 (obstructing engines or carriages on railways).

5E+WOffences under the following provisions of the Offences against the M3Person Act 1861—

(a)section 16 (threats to kill);

(b)section 20 (inflicting bodily injury, with or without a weapon);

(c)section 26 (not providing apprentices or servants with food etc.);

(d)section 27 (abandoning or exposing child);

(e)section 34 (doing or omitting to do anything so as to endanger railway passengers);

(f)section 36 (assaulting a clergyman at a place of worship etc.);

(g)section 38 (assault with intent to resist apprehension);

(h)section 47 (assault occasioning bodily harm. . . F3);

(i)section 57 (bigamy);

(j)section 60 (concealing the birth of a child).

6E+WOffences under section 20 of the M4Telegraph Act 1868 (disclosing or intercepting messages).

7E+WOffences under section 13 of the M5Debtors Act 1869 (transactions intended to defraud creditors).

8E+WOffences under section 5 of the M6Public Stores Act 1875 (obliteration of marks with intent to conceal).

9E+WOffences under section 12 of the M7Corn Returns Act 1882 (false returns).

10E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

11E+WOffences under section 3 of the M8Submarine Telegraph Act 1885 (damaging submarine cables).

12E+WOffences under section 13 of the M9Stamp Duties Management Act 1891 (offences in relation to dies and stamps).

13E+WOffences under section 8(2) of the M10Cremation Act 1902 (making false representations etc. with a view to procuring the burning of any human remains).

14E+WAll offences under the M11Perjury Act 1911 except offences under—

(a)section 1 (perjury in judicial proceedings);

(b)section 3 (false statements etc. with reference to marriage);

(c)section 4 (false statements etc. as to births or deaths).

15E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

F616E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

17E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7

18E+WOffences under section 8(2) of the M12Census Act 1920 (disclosing census information).

19E+WOffences under section 36 of the M13Criminal Justice Act 1925 (forgery of passports etc.).

20E+WOffences under section 11 of the M14Agricultural Credits Act 1928 (frauds by farmers).

21E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8

F922E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

23E+WF10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

24E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11

25E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12

26E+WThe following offences under the M15Criminal Law Act 1967—

(a)offences under section 4(1) (assisting offenders); and

(b)offences under section 5(1) (concealing arrestable offences and giving false information),

where the offence to which they relate is triable either way.

27E+WF13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

28E+WAll indictable offences under the M16Theft Act 1968 except:—

(a)robbery, aggravated burglary, blackmail and assault with intent to rob;

(b)burglary comprising the commission of, or an intention to commit, an offence which is triable only on indictment;

(c)burglary in a dwelling if any person in the dwelling was subjected to violence or the threat of violence.

29E+WOffences under the following provisions of the M17Criminal Damage Act 1971—

• section 1(1) (destroying or damaging property);

• section 1(1) and (3) (arson);

• section 2 (threats to destroy or damage property);

• section 3 (possessing anything with intent to destroy or damage property).

30E+WOffences in relation to stamps issued for the purpose of national insurance under the provisions of any enactments as applied to those stamps.

31E+WUttering any forged document the forgery of which is an offence listed in this Schedule.

32E+WF14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

33E+WAiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of any offence listed in the preceding paragraphs of this Schedule except paragraph 26.

34E+W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F15

35E+WF16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .