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summarily subject to an overall limit of 12 months), for the words “an indictable offence tried summarily under section 19 of this Act” substitute “an offence triable either way which was tried summarily otherwise than in pursuance of section 23(2) of the Criminal Law Act 1977”.
11. After section 130 insert—
- “Magistrates’ court may sit on Sundays
- 130A. It is hereby declared that a magistrates’ court may sit on any day of the year, and in particular (if the court thinks fit) on Christmas Day, Good Friday or and public any Sunday.”.
12. In Schedule 2 (corporations)—
- (a) in paragraph 3, for sub-paragraph (b) (representative of corporation may consent or object to summary trial or claim trial by jury), substitute—
- “(b) consent to the corporation being tried summarily.”;
- (b) for paragraph 9 (corporation and individual jointly charged with corporation not to be tried summarily unless both consent or neither claims jury trial) substitute—
- “9. Where a corporation and an individual who has attained the age of seventeen are jointly charged before a magistrates’ court with an offence triable either way, the court shall not try either of the accused summarily unless each of them consents to be so tried.”.
BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION ACT 1953 (c. 20)
In section 29(4) (correction of error in register resulting from error in information given by a coroner’s certificate), for the words preceding “the coroner, if satisfied”, substitute—
- “(4) Where—
- (a) an error of fact or substance (other than an error relating to the cause of death) occurs in the information given by a coroner’s certificate concerning a dead body upon which or a death touching which he has held an inquest; or
- (b) such an error relating to the cause of death occurs in the information given by a coroner’s certificate issued under section 20(4) of the Coroners (Amendment) Act 1926 in 1926 c. 59. the case of an inquest which was adjourned in compliance with section 20(1) of that Act (adjournment in cases of murder etc. or at request of D.P.P.) but was subsequently resumed”.
SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT 1956 (c. 69)
1. A prosecution for an offence to which paragraph 14 or 15 (incest and attempts thereat) of Part II of Schedule 2 (table of offences with mode of prosecution) relates shall not be commenced except by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions; and accordingly in sub-paragraph (a) and (b) of each of those paragraphs, in the second column, for the words from “without” to “behalf” substitute “except by or with the consent”.
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