Indictable Offences Act Amendment Act 1868 (1868 c. 107)

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[F1] S. 1 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1893 (c. 14)

2 Short title.

This Act may be cited for all purposes as “The Indictable Offences Act Amendment Act 1868.”

3 Construction of Act.

This Act, so far as is consistent with the tenor thereof, shall be construed as one with the Indictable Offences Act 1848 and any Act amending the same.

[M1] 1848 c. 42.

4 Warrants issued in Scotland or Ireland how to be backed in the Channel Islands, and vice versa.

In the following cases, that is to say,

any competent magistrate having jurisdiction over the place where such person is or is supposed to be may indorse such warrant in manner provided by the Indictable Offences Act 1848, or as near thereto as circumstances admit.

Any such warrant when so indorsed shall be a sufficient authority to the person or persons bringing the same, and to all persons to whom the same was originally directed, and also to all constables within the limits of the jurisdiction of the magistrate who indorsed the same, to execute such warrant within such last–mentioned limits, and to convey the person when apprehended to any place or places within the limits of the jurisdiction of the magistrate who issued the warrant, and to bring him before that magistrate, or before any other magistrate having jurisdiction over such place or places as aforesaid; and any magistrate before whom the person so apprehended is brought may proceed in the same manner as if such person had been apprehended within his jurisdiction.

[F2] Words substituted by virtue of Backing of Warrants (Republic of Ireland) Act 1965 (c. 45), s. 9(1)

5 Definition of terms.

For the purpose of this Act “competent magistrate” shall mean—

In Scotland,—

In Northern Ireland,—

In the Channel Islands,—

[F3] Words substituted by virtue of Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 (c. 58), s. 4

[F4] Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1893 (c. 14)

[F5] Words substituted by virtue of Backing of Warrants (Republic of Ireland) Act 1965 (c. 45), s. 9(1)