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MAGISTRATES' COURTS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 1

1.(1) Subject to section 2, references to a "court of summary jurisdiction" in
this Act shall be construed as referring to a resident magistrate sitting in
petty sessions.

(2) In this Act "magistrates' court" includes a court of summary jurisdiction
and a resident magistrate or justice of the peace sitting out of
petty sessions.

(3) In this Act

"resident magistrate" means a resident magistrate or, except in sections 9(1),
10(1) and 11, a deputy resident magistrate appointed under Part II or a
temporary resident magistrate appointed under any enactment repealed by
this Act; and

"petty sessions" means petty sessions held pursuant to section 21.

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