Part I.
for that offence; and in the case of offences which the court has no jurisdiction to try on indictment—
- (a) where a person is indicted before the court, the powers of the court under section 14(2) of the 1925 c. 86.Criminal Justice Act 1925 shall include power to direct that his trial shall take place before a court of assize or before a court of quarter sessions for some other place; and
- (b) where a person is committed for sentence to the court, the powers of the court shall include power to deal with him in any way in which, on his conviction on indictment before a court having jurisdiction to try the offence, he could be dealt with by that court.
Pardon. 9. Nothing in this Act shall affect Her Majesty’s royal prerogative of mercy, but a pardon in respect of any offence if granted by warrant under Her royal sign manual, countersigned by the Secretary of State, shall be of like effect as a pardon under the great seal.
Amendments of particular enactments, and repeals. 10.—(1) The enactments mentioned in Schedule 2 to this Act shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of that Schedule.
(2) The enactments mentioned in Schedule 3 to this Act (which includes in Part I certain enactments connected with matters in this Part of this Act but already spent, obsolete or redundant apart from this Act) are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.
Extent of Part I, and provision for Northern Ireland. 11.—(1) Subject to subsections (2) to (4) below, this Part of this Act shall not extend to Scotland or to Northern Ireland.
(2) Subsection (1) above shall not restrict the operation of this Part of this Act—
- (a) in so far as it affects—
- (i) the Extradition Acts 1870 to 1935; or
- (ii) the 1955 c. 18.
1955 c. 19.
1957 c. 53.
1870 c. 23.Army Act 1955, the Air Force Act 1955 or the Naval Discipline Act 1957; or - (iii) section 2 of the Forfeiture Act 1870 or any other enactment or rule of law relating to any parliamentary disqualification or other disability or penal consequence arising from an offence being felony; or
- (b) in so far as (by paragraph 10 of Schedule 2) it amends the 1893 c. 5.Regimental Debts Act 1893.
(3) The amendments made by paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to this Act in section 4 of the 1824 c. 83.
1871 c. 112.Vagrancy Act 1824 and section 15 of the Prevention of Crimes Act 1871 shall extend to Scotland.
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