MAGISTRATES' COURTS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 169 Conduct of proceedings by police officer.

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MAGISTRATES' COURTS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 169

Conduct of proceedings by police officer.

169.(1) In this Act the following expressions have the meaning hereby assigned
to them

"accused" includes an accused person who has been convicted of an offence;

"children or young persons" has the same meaning as in [Part IV of the
Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968;]

"clerk of petty sessions" has the meaning assigned to it by section 30;

"complaint" includes information;

"complainant" includes informant;

["county court division" means a division specified under [Article 3 of the
County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980]];

"court of summary jurisdiction" has the meaning assigned to it by
section 1(1);

"debt proceedings" has the meaning assigned to it by section 71(5);

"decree" includes a dismiss, a decree on a counterclaim and an order under
[Article 107 of the Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981];

"domestic proceedings" has the meaning assigned to it by section 98;

"ejectment proceedings" has the meaning assigned to it by section 76(5);

"impose imprisonment" means pass a sentence of imprisonment or fix a term of
imprisonment for failure to pay any sum of money or for want of distress to
satisfy any sum of money, or for failure to do or abstain from doing anything
required to be done or left undone;

"magistrates' court" has the meaning assigned to it by section 1(2);

"magistrates' courts rules" has the meaning assigned to it by section 23(4);

Definitions rep. by 1978 c.23 s.122(2) sch.7 Pt.II

"order" includes a decree or refusal to make an order;

"prescribed" means prescribed by magistrates' courts rules;

"Rules Committee" has the meaning assigned to it by section 23(2);

"summary offence" means an offence which is punishable upon summary
conviction, whether or not it is also triable upon indictment, except an
offence which may be dealt with summarily in accordance with sections 52 and
53 of this Act or section 5 of the Newspaper Libel and Registration Act 1881
or, in the case of a child or young person, under [section 79 of the Children
and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968] with the consent of the
accused;

"summary proceeding" means any proceeding before a magistrates' court other
than a preliminary investigation or, except where an indictable offence is
being tried summarily, connected with such an investigation.

(2) Any reference in this Act to a sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction or
order of a magistrates' court shall be construed as including a reference to
any costs, damages or compensation adjudged to be paid by a conviction or
order of which the amount is ascertained by the conviction or order.

Subs.(3) rep. by 1978 c.23 s.122(2) sch.7 Pt.II

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MAGISTRATES' COURTS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 169