Sch 2.
- (iii) in items 6 and 26 the whole entry in column 4 (conviction of permitting person under 16 to reside in or frequent a brothel on charge of allowing girl under 13, or under 16, to use premises for intercourse);
- (iv) in item 14(a) paragraph (iii) in column 4 (conviction of intercourse with defective on charge of incest);
- (e) in the 1960 c. 16.Road Traffic Act 1960, section 2(3) so far as it relates to England or Wales (conviction of reckless or dangerous driving on charge of manslaughter).
(2) For section 241(5) of the Road Traffic Act 1960 (which provides in effect that the requirements of section 241(2) as to notice of intended prosecution shall not prevent a person's conviction of reckless or dangerous driving under the provision made by section 2 of the Act for alternative convictions of that offence on other charges) there shall be substituted:—
- (5) “Where a person is prosecuted on indictment for an offence to which this section does not apply, subsection (2) of this section shall not be taken to prejudice any power of the jury on the charge for that offence, if they find him not guilty of it, to find him guilty of an offence against subsection (1) of section 2 of this Act.”
14. In the 1956 c. 59.Sexual Offences Act 1956, in the following provisions relating to girls not under the age of 13 but under the age of 16, the words “not under the age of 13 but” shall be omitted, that is to say,—
- (a) in section 6(1) (intercourse with girl under 16); and
- (b) in section 26 (permitting girl under 16 to use premises for intercourse);
and accordingly in Schedule 2, in items 10(a) and 26, for the words “between 13 and 16” there shall be substituted the words “under 16”.
Miscellaneous
15.—(1) The following enactments (which provide for the punishment in England of offences committed abroad by persons in public employment), that is to say, the Act 11 Will. 3. c. 12 and the 1802 c. 85.Criminal Jurisdiction Act 1802, shall extend to offences ceasing to be felony by virtue of this Act.
(2) Section 9(2) of the 1952 c. 55.Magistrates’ Courts Act 1952 (which makes special provision about offences dealt with by virtue of section 11 of the 1925 c. 86.Criminal Justice Act 1925 outside the venue of the offence) shall not apply to offences committed outside England and Wales, Whether within or without territorial waters; and in relation to offences so committed section 7(4) of the 1952 c. 48.Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1952 shall have effect subject to the special provision made by section 7(2) and (3) for offences committed within Admiralty jurisdiction.
