Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-08-07
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lishable by death shall include as
member of the court one person
(who need not be an ofiiceD nomin-
ated by the Lord Lieutenant, being
person certified by the Lord Chan
cellor of Ireland. of the Lord Justice
of England, to be a person of legal
knowledge and experience and regu-
lations under the Principal Act, may
be made accordingly
SO. Regulations so made may also:
| "(a). Provide that a court Of sum-
mary jurisdiction when trying per-
son charged with a crime or with an
offense against the Regulations,
when hearing and determining any
application with respect to a recog-
nizance shall. except in the Dublin
Metropolitan police district. be con-
stituted of two or more resident
magistrates and that a court OF
quarter sessions when hearing and
determining an appeal against con-
| NlCtioii VI a Sooi Va SNN
| isdiction for any such crime or Of
tense shall be constituted Of the re-
corder our county court judge sitting
alone.
| "(b)-Confer on a court martial
the powers and jurisdiction exercis-
able by justices or any other civil
court for binding persons to keep the
peace or be of good behavior for
estreating enforcing recognizance
and for compelling persons to give
evidence and to produce documents
bsfore the court.
"(c)-Confer on persons author
lied to summon witnesses byya court
| martial the power of issuing war
rants for compelling persons to at
tend as witnesses and any warrant so
| issued shall have the like effect and
| be executed in the like manner as if
| issued by a justice of court of sum-
mary jurisdiction having jurisdiction
in the place in which it is executed
or sought to be executed.
| "(d)-Authorize the imposition by
courts martial of fines in addition
to or in substitution for any other
punishments for offences against the
regulations as we'll as for crimes and
provide for the manner in which
such fines are to be enforced.
! "(e)-Authorize the conveyance to
and detention in any of His Majesty's
prisons in any part of the United
Kingdom of any persons upon whom
a science of Imprisonment has been
passed in Ireland whether before or
after the passing of this act
| "f-Provide for any of the du-
ties of a coroner or any coroner's
jury, being performed by a court Of
inquiry constituted under the Army
! Act instead of by the coroner and
jury.
! "(g)-Provides that where the
court house or other building in
which any court has been usually
| held is destroyed or rendered unfit
for the purpose. the court may be
! held in such other court house or
building as may be designated by the
Lord Lieutenant
"(h)--Authorize the trial without
a jury of any action counter claim,
! civil bill. issue. cause or matter in
the nigh court or a county court in
! Ireland which apart from this pro-
vision would be triable with a Jury.
"G)-Provide for the retention of
sums payable to any local authority
from the local taxation Greland) ac-
/ count or from any parliamentary
grant or from any fund administered
by any government department or
public body where the local author
lty mas in any respect refused or
rallied to perform its duties, or for
the purpose of discharging amounts
awarded against the local authority
/ in respect of compensation for GRIM
| mai injuries or either liabilities of
the local authorities and for the an
+ plication of the sums SO retained in
or toward the purpose aforesaid.
! "(G-Any such regulations may
apply either generally to the whole
/ of Ireland or to any part thereof and
may be issued at any time whether
before or after the termination of
the present war and the PRINCIPAL
! Act shall continue in force as far
; as may be necessary for that pur-
pose and the regulations may contain
such Incidental, supplemental and
consequential provisions as may be
necessary for carrying out the pur
poses of this act and shall have ef
feet as if enacted in this act.
"(o)--In this act, unless the con-
text otherwise requires the express
slon-crime-means any treason.
felony, misdemeanor. or other Of
Tense punishable whether by indict-
ment or on summary conviction by
imprisonment or by any greater pun
ishment and other offenses against
| the Defense of the Realm regula-
| tons. The expression Persons COM
mitted for trial shall include a per-
son who has entered into recogniz-
ance copditions to appear and plead
to an indictment or take his trial
| upon any criminal charge or who
has been committed to prison there
to await his trial for any crime"
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