Jersey Law
16/1996
CRIMINAL
PROCEDURE (CONNETABLES AND CENTENIERS) (JERSEY) LAW 1996
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A LAW to extend the jurisdiction of
Connétables and Centeniers in connection with criminal cases, sanctioned
by Order of Her Majesty in Council of the
24th day of APRIL 1996
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(Registered on the 24th day of May
1996)
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STATES OF
JERSEY
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The 30th day of January 1996
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THE
STATES, subject to
the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the
following Law –
ARTICLE 1
Application
This Law shall
have effect notwithstanding any enactment or rule of law to the contrary.
ARTICLE 2
Exercise of
powers reserved to Connétables and Centeniers
The powers
reserved to a Connétable and a Centenier by sub-paragraphs (b) and (c)
of paragraph (2) of Article 3 of the Police Force (Jersey) Law 1974, as amended, may be exercised by a
Connétable or a Centenier of a Parish other than that in which the
offence was committed if the Connétable or the Centenier of that other
Parish has been authorized to act by and on behalf of the Connétable of
the Parish in which the offence was committed.
ARTICLE 3
Presentation of
accused by Connétable or Centenier
In any case
before the Police Court, the Connétable or a Centenier of one Parish may
present the accused before the Court on behalf of the Connétable of
another Parish if he has been authorized to act by and on behalf of the
Connétable of the Parish in which the offence was committed.
ARTICLE 4
Extension of functions
etc. of Connétable or Centenier
A
Connétable or a Centenier acting pursuant to Article 3 of this Law
shall, with regard to the case before the Court, fulfil the same functions and
have the same powers and duties (including the ability to amend, substitute or
add a charge) as he would had the offence been committed in his own Parish and
Articles 14, 15, 21 and 22 of the “Loi (1864) réglant la
procédure criminelle”, as amended, shall be construed
accordingly.
ARTICLE 5
Authority of
Connétable or Centenier
A
Connétable or a Centenier acting in purported exercise of an authority
under Article 2 or Article 3 of this Law shall be presumed to have acted with
due authority unless the contrary is proved.
ARTICLE 6
This Law may be
cited as the Criminal Procedure (Connétables and Centeniers) (Jersey)
Law 1996.
G.H.C. COPPOCK
Greffier of the
States.