Jersey Law 38/1996

 

POLICE COURT (CHANGE OF NAME) (JERSEY) LAW 1996

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A LAW       to change the name of the Police Court to the Magistrate’s Court; and for connected purposes; sanctioned by Order of Her Majesty in Council of the

 

15th day of OCTOBER 1996

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(Registered on the 13th day of December 1996)

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STATES OF JERSEY

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The 2nd day of July 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

The Court established by virtue of the “Loi (1853) établissant la Cour pour la répression des moindres délits1”, as amended, shall henceforth be known as the Magistrate’s Court.

ARTICLE 2

The enactments specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Law are amended to the extent and in the manner set out in the second column thereof.

ARTICLE 3

In the construction of, and for the purposes of, any enactment, judgment, order, “acte” or other document, a reference to the –

(a)     Police Court; or

(b)     Magistrate’s Court,

shall be construed as a reference to the Court established by virtue of the “Loi (1853) établissant la Cour pour la répression des moindres délits”, as amended.

ARTICLE 4

This Law may be cited as the Police Court (Change of Name) (Jersey) Law 1996 and shall come into force on such day as the States may by Act appoint.

 

G.H.C. COPPOCK

 

Greffier of the States.

SCHEDULE

Consequential amendments of other enactments

 

Enactment	Amendment
Interpretation (Jersey) Law 1954, as amended2
Article 7	Delete sub-paragraph (ii)
Police Court (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Jersey) Law 1949, as amended3
Short title	Delete “POLICE COURT” and substitute “MAGISTRATE’S COURT”
Long title	Delete “Police Court” and substitute “Magistrate’s Court”
Article 1(1)	Delete “the Police Court” and substitute “the Magistrate’s Court”
Article 2	Repealed
Article 3	(1)	Delete “POLICE COURT” in the heading and substitute “MAGISTRATE’S COURT”
	(2)	Delete “Police Court” and substitute “Magistrate’s Court”
Articles 4, 7, 7A, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21 and 25	Delete “Police Court” wherever it occurs and substitute “Magistrate’s Court”