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Section 44: Transfer for trial instead of committal proceedings

Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 · 1994 c. 33View on legislation.gov.uk

This provision is repealed
It is retained for historical reference and may not reflect the law currently in force.

Part III: Course of Justice: Evidence, Procedure, Etc.

REPEALED on 1994-11-03 by 1996 c.25, s.44.

The text below is the provision as originally enacted. It is historical and may not include amendments made before this status change. View the enacted source.

The functions of a magistrates' court as examining justices are hereby abolished.

The provisions set out in Part I of Schedule 4 to this Act as sections 4 to 8C of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 shall be substituted for sections 4 to 8 of that Act (which provide for the functions of magistrates' courts as examining justices).

The amendments specified in Part II of that Schedule shall also have effect.

Subsections (1) and (2) above do not apply in relation to proceedings in which a magistrates' court has begun to inquire into a case as examining justices before the commencement of this section.

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