Indictable Offences Act Amendment Act 1868
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1868 c. 107 |
Indictable Offences Act Amendment Act, 1868
(31 & 32 Vict.) C A P. CVII.
An Act to amend the Law relating to the Indorsing of Warrants inScotland, Ireland , and the Channel Islands .
[31st July 1868]
W HEREAS it is expedient to amend the Law relating to the Indorsing of Warrants inScotland, Ireland, and the Channel Islands:
Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows:
1 & 12 Vict. c. 42. to be cited as ‘The Indictable Offences Act, 1848.’
1. The Act of the Session holden in the Eleventh and Twelfth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, Chapter Forty-two, intituledAn Act to facilitate the Performance of the Duties of Justices of the Peace out of Sessions within England and Wales with respect to Persons charged with indictable Offences , is herein-after referred to and may be cited for all Purposes as ‘The Indictable Offences Act, 1848.’
2 Short Title.
2. This Act may be cited for all Purposes as ‘TheIndictable Offences Act Amendment Act, 1868.’
3 Construction of Act.
3. This Act, so far as is consistent with the Tenor thereof, shall be construed as one with the said Indictable Offences Act, 1848, and any Act amending the same.
4 Warrants issued in Scotland or Ireland how to be backed in the Channel Islands, and vice vers.
4. In the following Cases, that is to say,
Where a Warrant is issued against any Person by any competent Magistrate inScotland or Ireland , and such Person goes or is supposed to have gone into any of the Channel Islands; or
Where a Warrant is issued against any Person by any competent Magistrate in any of theChannel Islands , and such Person goes or is supposed to have gone into Scotland or Ireland;
any competent Magistrate having Jurisdiction over the Place where such Person is or is supposed to be may indorse such Warrant in manner provided by ‘The Indictable Offences Act, 1848,’ or as near thereto as Circumstances admit.
Any such Warrant when so indorsed shall be a sufficient Authority to the Person or Persons bringing the same, and to all Persons to whom the same was originally directed, and also to all Constables within the Limits of the...
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