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“ Where, by virtue of any relevant enactment, a person summarily convicted of an offence triable either way would, apart from this section, be liable to a maximum fine of one amount in the case of a first conviction and of a different amount in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, subsection (2) above shall apply irrespective of whether the conviction is a first, second or subsequent one. ”

“ If it appears to the Secretary of State that a person serving a sentence of imprisonment or detention in any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man should be transferred to a part of the United Kingdom for the purpose of attending criminal proceedings against him there, the Secretary of State may make an order for his transfer to that part and for his removal to a prison or other institution there.”. ”

“ Paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 to the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (which precludes the making of an attendance centre order in respect of a person under the age of seventeen in consequence of a default within the meaning of the Criminal Justice Act 1961) shall not apply in the case of a default consisting in failure to pay, or want of distress to satisfy, a sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction. ”

“ The fact that a person has any interest in or right to possession or occupation of any premises shall not for the purposes of subsection (1) above constitute lawful authority for the use or threat of violence by him or anyone else for the purpose of securing his entry into those premises.
(3) In any proceedings for an offence under this section it shall be a defence for the accused to prove—
(a) that at the time of the alleged offence he or any other person on whose behalf he was acting was a displaced residential occupier of the premises in question ”

“ Where a magistrates’ court has, or is treated by any statutory provision as having, adjudged a person by a conviction to pay a sum and it appears to the court that he is residing— (a) in any petty sessions area in England and Wales, or (b) within the jurisdiction of a court of summary jurisdiction in Scotland, the court may order that payment of the sum shall be enforceable in that petty sessions area or, as the case may be, by that court of summary jurisdiction. ”

“ The power of a court under this section to pass sentence on an offender in a case where the passing of sentence has been deferred thereunder does not extend to committing him to another court for sentence but, subject to that, includes power to deal with him in any way in which the court which deferred passing sentence could have dealt with him.”. ”

“ Unless expressly excluded, subsection (1) above shall apply even if the offence in question is one for which a person would otherwise be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for more than six months.
(3) Any power of a magistrates’ court to impose a term of imprisonment for non-payment of a fine, or for want of sufficient distress to satisfy a fine, shall not be limited by virtue of subsection (1) above. ”

“ Where there is under a relevant enactment (in whatever words) a power by subordinate instrument to create a criminal offence— (a) the maximum fine which may in the exercise of that power be authorised on summary conviction in respect of such an offence, when that offence may be tried either on indictment or summarily, shall by virtue of this subsection be the prescribed sum unless some larger maximum fine can be authorised on summary conviction in respect of such an offence by virtue of an enactment other than this subsection ”

“ On conviction of an offence consisting in the incitement to commit a summary offence a person shall be liable to the same penalties as he would be liable to on conviction of the last-mentioned offence. ”

“ Where a coroner resumes an inquest which has been adjourned in compliance with subsection (1) above—
(a) the finding of the inquest as to the cause of death must not be inconsistent with the outcome of the relevant criminal proceedings; (b) the coroner shall, after the termination of the inquest, furnish the registrar of deaths with a certificate under his hand stating the result of the relevant criminal proceedings ”

“ The rules laid down by sections 1 and 2 above shall apply for determining whether a person is guilty of an offence of conspiracy under any enactment other than section 1 above, but conduct which is an offence under any such other enactment shall not also be an offence under section 1 above. ”

“ If, on the application of the defendant it appears to a magistrates’ court (which for this purpose may be composed of a single justice) that it was not reasonable to expect the defendant to serve such a statutory declaration as is mentioned in subsection (3) above within the period allowed by that subsection, the court may accept service of such a declaration by the defendant after that period has expired ”

“ In section 2 of that Act after subsection (4) there shall be inserted the following subsection:—
“ (4A) Without prejudice to subsection (4) above, a person shall not be proceeded against for an offence at common law— (a) in respect of a cinematograph exhibition or anything said or done in the course of a cinematograph exhibition, where it is of the essence of the common law offence that the exhibition or, as the case may be, what was said or done was obscene, indecent, offensive, disgusting or injurious to morality ”