Criminal Justice Administration Act, 1914

SCHEDULES.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Sections 5, 6

Part I.

Table of Court Fees to be taken by Clerks to Justices of the Peace.

Indictable Offences:—

£

s.

d.

For the performance of all the several duties in every case committed for trial to the assizes or sessions, without regard to the number of prisoners included in the same charge - - - - -

1

5

0

(This fee does not cover taking recognizances or giving notice to the accused and his sureties when admitted to bail; nor attending to take the deposition of a witness prevented by sickness or otherwise from appearing in court; nor supplying a copy of depositions. In cases of dismissal the separate fees for information, &c., are chargeable.)

For the performance of all the several duties (including commitment) in respect of any indictable offence dealt with summarily without regard to the number of persons charged in each case, and whether there is a conviction or not - - - - - - -

0

15

0

Summary Adjudications:—

For the performance of all the several duties up to and including conviction in respect of any charge for an offence (other than an indictable offence) punishable on summary conviction - - - - -

0

4

0

Elementary Education Acts:—

Proceedings under the Acts, in each case, including summons, order, and conviction - - -

0

4

0

Distress warrants (if any) - - - -

0

1

0

Committal (if any) - - - - -

0

1

0

For services not covered by the foregoing fees the following fees may be charged:—

Appointment:—

Of parochial or other officers (except constables), to contain the names of all the persons appointed at the same time to the same office in the parish, hamlet, or place, including notice and oath when necessary - - -

0

5

0

Of any constable (other than special) - - -

0

1

0

Of valuer, arbitrator, &c. - - - - -

0

10

0

Of special constables, if less than 28, for each person, to include notice, oath, and certificate - - -

0

1

0

If more than 28 are appointed on one occasion, for attending to summons, swear in, and make out appointments, and the business thereof, for each day - -

2

2

0

Army Act, 1881 (44 & 45 Vict. c. 58):—

£

s.

d.

Attestation of recruit (section 80 (4) (d)) - -

0

1

0

Descriptive return in relation to deserter (section 154 (6))

0

2

0

Certificate of civil conviction or acquittal (section 164) -

0

3

0

Warrant to provide carriages (section 112) - -

0

1

0

Attendance:—

On a justice, to view deserted premises in order to affix notice or to give possession thereof, to view a highway, bridge, or nuisance, or to take an examination elsewhere than in court - - - - - -

0

6

8

If required to go more than one mile from the place of holding petty sessions, for each mile after the first (one way) - - - - - -

0

1

0

Case for the Opinion of Superior Court (20 & 21 Vict. c. 43, section 3):—

Drawing case and copy, when the case does not exceed five folios of 90 words - - - - -

0

10

0

For every additional folio beyond five - - -

0

1

0

Taking recognizance as required by the Act - -

0

5

0

Every enlargement or renewal thereof - - -

0

2

6

For certificate of refusal of case - - - -

0

2

0

Certificate:—

Every certificate not otherwise charged - - -

0

2

0

Certiorari:—

Return to and filing - - - - -

0

13

4

Civil Debt (not including Rates):—

Summons and copy - - - - -

0

1

6

Complaint - - - - - -

0

1

0

Order and copy - - - - - -

0

3

0

Oath (each witness) - - - - -

0

1

0

Judgment summons and copy, including hearing - -

0

3

0

Warrant of distress - - - - -

0

2

0

Commitment. (See Warrant.)

Complaint:—

Every complaint not otherwise charged - - -

0

1

0

Conviction:—

Every conviction, including returning same to the court (to include all persons convicted on the same charge, except in cases where all persons convicted on the same charge cannot be included in the same conviction) -

0

2

6

Copy:—

Of depositions for prosecutor on the trial, per folio of 90 words - - - - - -

0

0

4

Of depositions for prisoner, under 11 & 12 Vict. c. 42. s. 27, per folio of 90 words, not exceeding - -

0

0

Of any other document, per folio of 72 words - -

0

0

4

Duplicate:—

For the duplicate of any document - - -

{ One-half the original fee.

Examination. (See Information.)

Exhibit:—

£

s.

d.

Each document annexed to or referred to in any affidavit or declaration and marked - - - -

0

1

0

Explosives Act, 1875 (38 Vict. c. 17):—

Store licence (s. 15), not exceeding - - -

0

5

0

Store licence, renewal (s. 18), not exceeding - -

0

1

0

Registering premises (s. 21), not exceeding - -

0

1

0

Registering premises, renewal, not exceeding - -

0

1

0

Small firework factory (s. 49) licence, not exceeding -

0

5

0

Small firework factory (s. 49) licence, renewal, not exceeding - - - - - - -

0

1

0

Extradition Act, 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 60. s. 5):—

For taking a deposition in pursuance of an order made by the Secretary of State - - - - -

1

1

0

Each subsequent deposition taken in pursuance of the same order - - - - - -

0

5

0

Hearing:—

When no conviction or order is made - - -

0

1

0

Information:—

Each information or examination (including oath) - -

0

1

0

Jury Lists:—

For forwarding lists with schedule to the clerk of the peace (25 & 26 Vict. c. 107. s. 9) - - -

0

2

6

Revision fee to be fixed by the local authority subject to approval of Secretary of State.

Licences:—

For every licence, consent, or authority not otherwise provided for, to include registration when necessary -

0

5

0

List:—

Every list not otherwise provided for which it is the duty of the clerk to the justices to make or transmit - -

0

2

6

Notice:—

Every notice not otherwise provided for - - -

0

1

0

Oath:—

Every oath, affirmation, or solemn declaration not otherwise charged - - - - - -

0

1

0

(Vide note at end of table.)

Order:—

Order, certificate, or record of proceedings in case of deserted premises, or relating to a highway, bridge, or nuisance, or for protecting separate property of a married woman - - - - - -

0

5

0

Order as to the settlement, removal, or maintenance of a pauper or lunatic, or in case of fraudulent removal of goods - - - - - - -

0

5

0

Order for payment of allowance to special constables (one order to include all the constables appointed) - -

0

2

0

Every order or minute thereof not otherwise charged -

0

3

0

Order as to the affiliation of a bastard or under the Summary Jurisdiction (Married Women) Act, 1895 - -

0

2

0

Variation, revocation, or revival of order - - -

0

1

0

Precept:—

Every precept - - - - - -

0

1

6

Rate:—

£

s.

d.

Amending a rate, each name - - - -

0

1

0

Taxing costs and order thereon - - - -

0

3

0

Order on appeal - - - - - -

0

5

0

Order for adjourning appeal, if required - - -

0

1

0

Allowance of rate - - - - - -

0

2

0

Enforcement of any poor, general district, or other rate, to include complaint, summons, and all other proceedings for which separate fees are not provided hereunder -

0

2

0

Order - - - - - - -

0

2

0

Warrant of distress - - - - -

0

2

0

Judgment summons (including hearing) - - -

0

2

6

Summons (if any) in poor rate cases to show cause why defaulter should not be committed - - -

0

2

0

Commitment - - - - - -

0

2

0

If more than one rate is included in the summons, for each rate after the first - - - - -

0

0

6

When the form of warrant provided for by 12 & 13 Vict. c. 14. s. 3 is used, for each name inserted in the schedule over and above eight - - - - -

0

0

3

Recognizance:—

Every recognizance - - - - -

0

2

6

Notice to each person bound - - - -

0

0

6

Summons:—

Every summons (to include all the names included in the same charge or intended to be summoned as witnesses in the same case for the prosecution or defence if applied for at the same time) - - - - -

0

1

0

Every copy - - - - - -

0

0

6

Backing summons for service from outside jurisdiction -

0

1

0

Warrant:—

Every warrant of distress when not otherwise provided for

0

2

0

To commit after conviction or order in which the conviction or order is set forth - - - -

0

2

0

Every other warrant - - - - -

0

1

0

Return to warrant or endorsing warrant, including oath -

0

1

0

Backing warrant for execution from outside jurisdiction -

0

1

0

Note.—Nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorise the demand of any fee for re-swearing any person to any examination, or for any oath, affirmation, or declaration to obtain pay, pension, or allowance from government or friendly society, or charitable fund, or for any declaration relating to lost duplicates of articles pledged where the amount advanced on such articles does not exceed 20s., or in any other case where an Act of Parliament directs that no fee shall be taken.

Part II.

Matters to which Part I. does not apply.

1. Matters in respect of which fees are authorised to be charged by the Licensing (Consolidation) Act, 1910 (10 Edw. 7 and 1 Geo. 5. c. 24).

2. Billiard licences, under section ten of the Gaming Act, 1844 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 109).

3. Theatre licences, under section six of the Theatres Act, 1843 (6 & 7 Vict. c. 68).

4. The registration of music and dancing licences under section fifty-one of the Public Health Act, 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 59).

5. Licences under the Cinematograph Act, 1909 (9 Edw. 7. c. 30).

6. Assessment appeals under the Valuation Metropolis Act, 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 67).

7. Formal investigations into shipping casualties under section four hundred and seventy-nine of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60).

8. Appeals from pilotage authority under section twenty-eight of the Pilotage Act, 1913 (2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. 31).