2. c. 55) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which related to magistrates' courts.

Section 4(2) provided that there was no obligation on examining justices to sit in open court.

It was repealed by sections 6(2) and 103(2) of, and Part I of Schedule 7 to, the Criminal Justice Act 1967.

In section 19(4), the words from the beginning to the words "quarter sessions" where first occurring were repealed by section 10(2) of, and Part III of Schedule 3 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967.

Section 23 related to the use in summary trials of evidence given in committal proceedings.

The requirements of sections 18(1) and (2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 did not apply to the adjournment of a trial by a magistrates' court under section 26 of this Act, for the purpose of enabling a medical examination and report to be made on the defendant, if it appeared to the court that it would be impracticable to obtain such a report without remanding the defendant in custody.

[6] From 1967, section 2(2) of the Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1952 (as substituted by section 32(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967) applied to a request to a registered medical practitioner to make a written or oral report on the medical condition of an offender or defendant, made by a court in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 26 of this Act.

The words "of assize or quarter sessions" were repealed by section 56 of, and Part IV of Schedule 11 to the Courts Act 1971.

This section provided for the taking of finger prints from a person who had attained the age of fourteen years and who had been taken into custody and charged with an offence.

From 1967, this section applied to any person of not less than fourteen who appeared before a magistrates' court in answer to a summons for any offence punishable with imprisonment.

The words "officers of the Crown Court" were substituted for the words "clerks of assize and clerks of the peace" by section 56 of, and paragraph 34(5) of Schedule 8 to, the Courts Act 1971.

Entries numbers 1, 5 and 6 were repealed by section 33(3) of, and Part III of Schedule 3 to the Theft Act 1968.

Paragraph 8 was substituted by section 33 of, and Part III of Schedule 2 to, the Theft Act 1968.

Paragraph 6 was repealed by section 56 of, and Part IV of Schedule 11 to the Courts Act 1971.

The words "the trial by jury of certain summary offences" in paragraph 8 were repealed by section 65(5) of, and Schedule 13 to, the Criminal Law Act 1977.

The table in paragraph 1 was substituted by section 93(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967.

The following headings, and all the entries therein, were repealed by section 103(2) of and Part I of Schedule 7 to the Criminal Justice Act 1967, that is to say: In the heading "Attendance", the words "or to take an examination elsewhere than in court" were repealed by section 103(2) of and Part I of Schedule 7 to the Criminal Justice Act 1967.

In the heading "Summons", the words from "to include" to "time" were repealed by section 103(2) of and Part I of Schedule 7 to the Criminal Justice Act 1967.

In the heading "Warrant", in the entry beginning "To commit", the words "conviction or" in both places where they occur were repealed by section 103(2) of and Part I of Schedule 7 to the Criminal Justice Act 1967.

In the Note, the words "for re-swearing any person to any examination, or" were repealed by section 103(2) of and Part I of Schedule 7 to the Criminal Justice Act 1967.

The words "clerk of assize, clerk of the peace or other" in the amendment of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1867 were repealed by section 56 of, and Part IV of Schedule 11 to the Courts Act 1971.

Sections 44(2) to (11) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 had effect with respect to the issue of a warrant of commitment under this Part, for default in paying a sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction of a magistrates' court.