MAGISTRATES' COURTS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964

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MAGISTRATES' COURTS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 70

Aiders and abettors.

70.(1) [Where

(a)any person who has been taken into lawful custody is charged with an
offence; or

(b)any person not under the age of fourteen appears before a magistrates'
court to answer to a complaint charging an offence punishable with
imprisonment;

(2) Fingerprints taken in pursuance of an order made under this section shall
be taken either in the presence of a resident magistrate or other justice of
the peace by whom the order was made or, if the person to whom the order
relates is remanded in custody and does not consent to his fingerprints being
taken, in the presence of a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary not below
the rank of head constable.

(3) The provisions of this section shall be in addition to the provisions of
any other enactment under which the fingerprints of any person may be taken.

(4) Where the fingerprints of any person have been taken in pursuance of an
order made under this section, then if that person is acquitted or discharged
under section 45, or if the charge against him is dismissed, struck out or
withdrawn, the fingerprints and all copies and records thereof shall be
destroyed.

[(5) In this section, any reference to fingerprints shall be construed as
including a reference to palm-prints.]

(a)the amount or balance claimed does not exceed [one hundred pounds]; and

(b)if the claim is for the balance due on foot of an account, the whole
account does not exceed [two hundred and fifty pounds].

(2) Where any sum is declared under any enactment whether passed before or
after the commencement of this Part to be a debt or civil debt recoverable
summarily, that sum whether it exceeds [one hundred pounds] or not may be
recovered in proceedings under this section.

(3) A minor may proceed in his own name in a court of summary jurisdiction as
if he were of full age for any sum, not exceeding [one hundred pounds], due to
him for wages or for work or services.

(4) A cause of action shall not be divided into two or more causes of action
for the purpose of bringing proceedings before a
court of summary jurisdiction.

(5) Proceedings under this section are in this Act referred to as "debt
proceedings" and shall be commenced by the issue of a process and the person
on whose behalf the process is issued is in this Act referred to as the
"plaintiff".

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MAGISTRATES' COURTS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 70