Summary Jurisdiction Act 1884

Summary Jurisdiction Act 1884[1]
Long titleAn Act to repeal divers Enactments rendered unnecessary by the Summary Jurisdiction Acts and other Acts relating to proceedings before Courts of Summary Jurisdiction, and to make further provision for the uniformity of Proceedings before those Courts.
Citation47 & 48 Vict. c. 43
Dates
Royal assent7 August 1884
Commencement1 December 1884[2]
Other legislation
Repealed byMagistrates' Courts Act 1952
Status: Repealed

The Summary Jurisdiction Act 1884 (47 & 48 Vict. c. 43) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Courtney Ilbert described this Act as an "expurgatory Act".[3]

The whole Act was repealed by section 132(1) of, and Schedule 6 to, the Magistrates' Courts Act 1952.

  1. ^ The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 1 of this Act.
  2. ^ The Summary Jurisdiction Act 1884, section 2
  3. ^ Ilbert, C P. Legislative Methods and Forms. Oxford. 1901. Reprinted by the Lawbook Exchange Ltd. 2008. Page 62 from Google Books.