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(b) in a case where it commits that person for trial to the Crown Court for another offence, that it would be appropriate for him to be dealt with for the offence under subsection (1) above by the court before which he is tried for the other offence,

commit him in custody or on bail to the Crown Court for sentence.

(4) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) above shall be liable—

(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to a fine not exceeding £400 or to both; or

(b) on conviction on indictment or if sentenced by the Crown Court on committal for sentence under subsection (3) above, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to a fine or to both.

(5) No proceedings for an offence under subsection (1) above shall be instituted except by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Extension and exercise of coroners’ powers to grant bail.
1887 c. 71. 10.—(1) In section 5 of the Coroners Act 1887 (procedure and powers of coroner to grant bail where coroner’s inquisition charges homicide), for subsections (1) and (2) there shall be substituted—

“(1) Where a coroner’s inquisition charges a person with the offence of murder, manslaughter or infanticide, the coroner shall issue his warrant for arresting that person if a warrant has not previously been issued.

(2) The coroner may grant bail to a person so charged with such an offence subject to a duty to appear before the Crown Court.”

(2) The foregoing provisions of this Act shall, in their application to proceedings before a coroner and to persons charged on a coroner’s inquisition, have effect as if—

(a) in section 4(2) there were substituted for paragraph (a) the following—

“(a) he is present at an inquest held by a coroner at which he is charged with the offence;”

(b) in section 6(9) there were substituted for paragraph (b) the following—

“(b) the copy of the prescribed record is duly certified if it is certified by the coroner or his deputy;”

(c) the references in section 5(3) and (6) and in section 8(4) to a magistrates’ court were references to a coroner; and