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MAGISTRATES' COURTS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 103

Newspaper reports of domestic proceedings.

103. A warrant committing a person to prison in respect of non-payment of a
sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction of a magistrates' court shall not be
issued at the time of his conviction unless

(a)he appears to the court to have sufficient means to pay the sum forthwith;
or

(b)on being asked by the court whether he wishes to have time for payment he
does not ask for time; or

(c)the court is satisfied that he has no fixed abode in Northern Ireland; or

(d)there is some other special circumstance appearing to the court to justify
immediate committal;

Payment of sums adjudged to be paid by a conviction.



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