In England "Summary Jurisdiction Act" means the Act of the
session of the eleventh and twelfth years of the reign of Her
present Majesty, chapter forty-three, intituled "An Act to
facilitate the performance of the duties of justices of the
peace out of sessions within England and Wales with respect to
summary convictions and orders," and any Act amending the same.
"Court of summary jurisdiction" means and includes any justice
or justices of the peace, metropolitan police magistrate,
stipendiary or other magistrate, or officer, by whatever name
called, exercising jurisdiction in pursuance of the Summary
Jurisdiction Act: Provided that the court when hearing and
determining an information under this Act shall be constituted
either of two or more justices of the peace in petty sessions,
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 of summary
jurisdiction of any offence against this Act in respect of which a
penalty of more than five pounds can be imposed, the accused may, on
appearing before the court of summary jurisdiction, declare that he
objects to being tried for such offence by a court of summary
jurisdiction, and thereupon 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 any
conviction made by a court of summary jurisdiction on 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
other security by deposit of money or otherwise as the justice
may allow; and
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