TEXT OF THE ACT 



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of two or more justices of the peace in petty sessions, a.d. lm, 

 sitting at a place appointed for holding petty sessions, 

 or of some magistrate or officer sitting alone or with 

 others at some court or other place appointed for the 

 administration of justice, and for the time being 

 empowered by law to do alone any act authorised to 

 be done by more than one justice of the peace. 



15. In England, where a person is accused before a court power of 



of summary jurisdiction of any offence against this Act in jJJS to r eiect E to & 

 respect of which a penalty of more than five pounds can be dfctSentTand" 

 imposed, the accused may, on appearing before the court of J ? u 0 r t is ^ c ti 0 n. mary 

 summary jurisdiction, declare that he objects to being tried 

 for such offence by a court of summary jurisdiction, and there- 

 upon the court of summary jurisdiction may deal with the 

 case in all respects as if the accused were charged with an 

 indictable offence and not an offence punishable on summary 

 conviction, and the offence may be prosecuted on indictment 

 accordingly. 



16. In England, if any party thinks himself aggrieved by Form of appeal 

 any conviction made by a court of summary jurisdiction on s? s Ks. er 

 determining any information under this Act, the party so 

 aggrieved may appeal therefrom, subject to the conditions and 

 regulations following : 



(1.) The appeal shall be made to the next court of general 

 or quarter sessions for the county or place in which 

 the cause of appeal has arisen, holden not less than 

 twenty-one days after the decision of the court from 

 which the appeal is made ; and 



(2.) The appellant shall, within ten days after the cause of 

 appeal has arisen, give notice to the other party and 

 to the court of summary jurisdiction of his intention 

 to appeal, and of the ground thereof ; and 



(3.) The appellant shall, within three days after such notice, 

 enter into a recognizance before a justice of the 

 peace, with two sufficient sureties, conditioned 

 personally to try such appeal, and to abide the 

 judgment of the court thereon, and to pay such 

 costs as may be awarded by the court, or give such 



