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SUMMARY JURISDICTION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1958

SUMMARY JURISDICTION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1958
- LONG TITLE

An Act to make further provision with respect to courts of summary
jurisdiction and in relation to the administration of criminal
justice.
[1st July 1958]
Part IS.1 rep. by 1964 c.21 (NI) s.172 sch.7. S.2 rep. in pt. by
SLR 1976, residue amends s.27 of 1851 c.93.

Ss.1115 rep. by 1964 c.21 (NI) s.172 sch.7

SUMMARY JURISDICTION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1958
- SECT 16
Recognizances before governors or deputy governors of prisons.

16.(1) Where any provision of the Summary Jurisdiction Acts (Northern
Ireland) or of any other enactment operates to require or authorise
any recognizance to be entered into before a resident magistrate or
justice of the peace such recognizance may, in relation to any
person who is in custody in a prison, be entered into before the
governor or deputy governor of that prison.

(2) A recognizance entered into under the preceding sub-section
shall, as soon as practicable, be transmitted to the clerk of the
petty sessions district from which the person in custody was
committed to prison.

(3) In this section "prison" has the same meaning as in the Prison
Act (Northern Ireland), 1953.

S.17 amends s.25 of 1953 c.14 (NI)

S.18 rep. in pt. by 1969 c.16 (NI) s.31(2) sch.3 Pt.II, residue
amends s.4 of 1824 c.83. S.19(1) rep. by 1971 c.13 (NI) s.86(5)
sch.12 Pt.I; subs.(2) amends s.9 of 1908 c.24. Ss.2022 rep. by 1964
c.21 (NI) s.172 sch.7. S.23 rep. by 1968 c.34 (NI) s.181(3) sch.8.
S.24 rep. by 1964 c.21 (NI) s.172 sch.7. S.25 rep. by 1970 c.2
(NI) s.192 sch.5. S.26 rep. by 1967 c.38 (NI) s.58 sch.3; 1970 c.2
(NI) s.192 sch.5

SUMMARY JURISDICTION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1958
- SECT 27
Forgery of passport.

27.(1) If any person forges a passport or makes a statement which
is to his knowledge untrue for the purpose of procuring a passport
whether for himself or any other person he shall be guilty of an
offence and shall be liable

(a)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding
six months or to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds or to both
such imprisonment and fine;

(b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for any term not
exceeding two years or to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds
or to both such imprisonment and fine.

(2) In this section the expression "forges" has the same meaning as
in the Forgery Act, 1913.

S.28 rep. by 1964 c.21 (NI) s.172 sch.7

S.35 rep. by 1964 c.21 (NI) s.172 sch.7; 1980 NI 11 art.64(2)
sch.9

SUMMARY JURISDICTION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1958
- SECT 36
Transitional provisions.

36. The time for bringing summary proceedings in respect of a cause
of complaint or cause of action which arose or accrued before the
passing of this Act shall, if it has not then already expired,
expire at the time when it would have expired apart from the
provisions of this Act or at the time when it would have expired
if all the provisions of this Act had at all material times been
in force, whichever is the later.

Part VIIS.37 amends s.9 of 1874 c.80. S.38 rep. by 1964 c.21 (NI)
s.172 sch.7

S.39 rep. by SLR 1976; 1980 NI 5 art.42(2)(b) sch.4. S.40 rep. by
SLR 1973

SUMMARY JURISDICTION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1958
- SECT 41
Short title, construction and citation.

41.(1) This Act may be cited as the Summary Jurisdiction and
Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland), 1958.

(2) This Act shall be construed as one with, and included among
the Acts which may be cited together as, the Summary Jurisdiction
Acts (Northern Ireland).

First Schedule rep. by 1964 c.21 (NI) s.172 sch.7. Second Schedule
rep. by 1970 c.2 (NI) s.192 sch.5; SLR 1973