Section 126: Execution of certain warrants outside England and Wales.

Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 · 1980 c.43

Part VII: Miscellaneous and Supplementary

126

Section 13(1) and (2) of the Indictable Offences Act 1848 (which relate, among other things, to the execution in Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands of warrants of arrest for the offences referred to in those sections) shall, so far as applicable, apply to—

(a) warrants of arrest issued under section 1 above for offences other than indictable offences ;

(b) warrants of arrest issued under section 13 above;

(c) warrants of arrest issued under section 97 above other than warrants issued in bastardy proceedings to arrest a witness;. . .

(cc) warrants of arrest issued under section 97A above;

(d) warrants of commitment issued under this Act ;and

(e) warrants of arrest issued under paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998; and

(f) warrants of arrest issued under paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 4 to the Sentencing Code (offender referred to court by youth offender panel).

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