Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Act, 1862

Provisions in 24 & 25 Vict. cc. 96. and 97. relating to mode of compelling appearance not to extend to Ireland.

Proceedings to be subject to provisions of 14 & 15 Vict. c. 93. and 21 & 22 Vict. c. 100., &c.

3. The provisions contained in the one hundred and fifth section of the Larceny Act, 1861, and in the sixty-second section of the Malicious Damage Act, 1861, relating to the mode of compelling the appearance of persons punishable on summary conviction, shall not extend to Ireland; and whenever information shall be given to any justice or justices in Ireland that any person has committed or is suspected to have committed any offence within the limits of the jurisdiction of such justice or justices for which such persons shall be punishable upon a summary conviction, all proceedings as to compelling the appearance of any person against whom any such complaint shall have been made, or of any witness, and as to the hearing and determination of such complaints, and as to the making and executing of any orders relating thereto, shall be subject in all respects to the provisions of the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851, as the same is amended by the Petty Sessions Clerk (Ireland) Act, 1858, when the case shall be heard in any petty sessions district, and to the provisions of the Acts relating to the divisional police offices when the case shall be heard in the police district of Dublin Metropolis, so far as the said provisions shall be consistent with any special provisions of this Act.