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Justices of the Peace Act 1968 (c. 69)

Justices of the Peace Act 1968 1968 CHAPTER 69 An Act to make further provision for confining the office of justice of the peace to persons selected for it, and terminating the appointment of stipendiary magistrates under local Acts, and for matters arising thereout, and to forward in other respects the proper discharge of the functions of justices by amending the law as to age limits, payment of allowances, powers and qualifications of justices’ clerks and their assistants and other matters; and for purposes connected therewith. [25th October 1968]

Legislation

Table of Content

1. Appointment of justices, oaths of office, etc. E+W

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5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8 E+W

6. Provisions applying to Scotland. E+W+S

7. Commencement, and power to provide for transitional matters. E+W+S

8. Supplementary. E+W+S

1. Appointment of justices, oaths of office, etc. E+W

2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4 E+W

3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5 E+W

5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8 E+W

6. Provisions applying to Scotland. E+W+S

7. Commencement, and power to provide for transitional matters. E+W+S

8. Supplementary. E+W+S

Section 1

1. Appointment of justices, oaths of office, etc. E+W

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 (2), (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2 (4)—(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 (7) It is hereby declared that any court of record having a criminal jurisdiction has, as ancillary to that jurisdiction, the power to bind over to keep the peace, and power to bind over to be of good behaviour, a person who or whose case is before the court, by requiring him to enter into his own recognisances or to find sureties or both, and committing him to prison if he does not comply . . . F3 (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 Textual Amendments F1 Ss. 1(1)(4)–(6) (8), 2, 4(1)–(4) repealed by Administration of Justice Act 1973 (c. 15) , ss. 19(1) , 20(6) , Sch. 5 Pt. II F2 Ss. 1(2)(3) , 5 repealed by Justices of the Peace Act 1979 (c. 55, SIF 82) , s. 71 , Sch. 3 F3 Words repealed by Administration of Justice Act 1973 (c. 15) , ss. 19(1) , 20(6) , Sch. 5 Pt. I

Section 2