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Costs
both in accordance with the provisions of this Act out of the funds of the county or county borough out of which they are payable under this Act (in this Act referred to as local funds). (2) … provides as follows:' 1.--(1) The following courts namely,-- (a) a court of assize or a court of quarter sessions before which any indictable offence is prosecuted or tried, and (b) a court of summary jurisdiction by which
County Councils
Act, 1891, are officers in the army. Women may be elected [the (English) Qualification of Women (County and Borough Councils) Act, 1907 [c 33)]; and see infra. The qualifications and disqualifica-tions for electionare set out in (English) … LOCAL GOVERNMENT), formerly managed by the justices of the peace (who are nominated by the Crown) in quarter sessions,and other administrative business mentioned in the Act, and consisting of 'the chairman, aldermen, and councillors.' The (English) Local
Justices
or any partner of his, from practising directly or indirectly before the justices for that county or any borough within the county. A clergyman is not, as a rule, appointed if a layman is available (see 19 … statute dealing with the subject-matter of the offence. (3) To act, if county justices, as judges at Quarter Sessions, where their chairman presides and tries indictments with a jury, and such justices as attend the Quarter Sessions
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Adoption
Law Reform (Misc. Prov.) Act; 1934, s. 2. Adoption of Poor Child.--Sometimes benevolent persons apply to County or Borough Councils, formerly boards of guardians, to be permitted to adopt children from the workhouse whose parents are unknown. … that upon an application of any person desirous of being authorized to adopt a child, the Court of Session or the Sheriff Court may in certain circumstances make an adoption order authorizing the adoption. Applications are made
Bail
with manslaughter upon an inquisition before them, and by the (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, s. 227, a borough constable may admit to bail persons charged with petty misdemeanours and brought into his custody, if a justice … trial for the same, it is lawful at any time afterwards, and before the first day of the sessions or assizes at which he is to be tried, for the justice who signed the warrant for his
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