Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Act, 1918

SUMMARY JURISDICTION (IRELAND) ACT 1918

CHAPTER 18.

An Act to amend sections eleven and thirty-four of the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851, and section ten of the Fines Act (Ireland), 1851. [30th July 1918.]

Be it enacted by the King’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:

Amendment of 14 & 15 Vict. c. 93. s. 11.

1. For the purposes of section eleven of the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section forty-one of that Act, the Dublin metropolitan police district and so much of the county of Dublin as is not included in that district shall be deemed to be adjoining counties.

Amendment of 14 & 15 Vict. c. 93. s. 34, and c. 90. s. 10.

2. The provisions of section thirty-four of the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851, and section ten of the Fines Act (Ireland), 1851, with respect to recognizances shall apply to a recognizance, of which the condition is to be of good behaviour or to be of good behaviour and keep the peace, in like manner as they apply to a recognizance of which the condition is to keep the peace.

Short title and extent.

3. This act may be cited as the Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Act, 1918, and shall apply to Ireland only.