Justices of the Peace Act is a stock

short title In certain jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom and other Westminster-influenced jurisdictions (such as Canada or Australia), as well as the United States and the Philippines, primary legislation has both a short title and a long title. Th ...

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and the

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for legislation relating to

justices of the peace A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...

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New Zealand

*The Justices of the Peace Act 1858 (21 & 22 Vict No 27) * The Justices of the Peace Act 1957 (1957 No 89)

United Kingdom

*The

Justices of the Peace Act 1361 The Justices of the Peace Act 1361 (34 Edw 3 c 1) is an Act of the Parliament of England. The Act, although amended, remains enforceable in England and Wales in 2022. Background Maintaining the peace had long been a concern of society and par ...

(34 Edw 3 c 1) *The

Justices of the Peace Act 1547 The Justices of the Peace Act 1547 (1 Edw 6 c 7) was an Act of the Parliament of England. The whole Act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by section 8(2) of, and Part II of Schedule 5 to, the Justices of the Peace Act 1968. This Act was repe ...

(1 Edw 6 c 7) *The Justices of the Peace Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict c 115) *The Justices of the Peace Act 1906 (6 Edw 7 c 16) *The

Justices of the Peace Act 1949 A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges. A judge hears all the witnesses and any other evidence presented by the barristers or solicitors of the case, assesses the credibility a ...

(12, 13 & 14 Geo 6 c 101) *The Justices of the Peace Act 1965 (c 28) *The

Justices of the Peace Act 1968 A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges. A judge hears all the witnesses and any other evidence presented by the barristers or solicitors of the case, assesses the credibility a ...

(c 69) *The

Justices of the Peace Act 1979 A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges. A judge hears all the witnesses and any other evidence presented by the barristers or solicitors of the case, assesses the credibility a ...

(c 55) *The Justices of the Peace Act 1997 (c 25) The Justices Qualification Acts 1731 to 1875 was the

collective title A collective title is an expression by which two or more pieces of legislation may, under the law of the United Kingdom, be cited together. A famous example is the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949. Construction of references to citation with a group ...

of the following Acts:The

Short Titles Act 1896 The Short Titles Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict c 14) is an Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom, Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It replaces the Short Titles Act 1892. This Act was retained for the Republic of Ireland by section 2(2)(a ...

, section 2(1) and Schedule 2 *The

Justices Qualification Act 1731 A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges. A judge hears all the witnesses and any other evidence presented by the barristers or solicitors of the case, assesses the credibility an ...

(5 Geo 2 c 18) *The

Justices Qualification Act 1744 A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges. A judge hears all the witnesses and any other evidence presented by the barristers or solicitors of the case, assesses the credibility an ...

(18 Geo 2 c 20) *The Justices Qualification Act 1760 (1 Geo 3 c 13) *The Justices Qualification (Scilly Islands) Act 1834 (4 & 5 Will 4 c 43) *The Justices Qualification Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict c 18) *The Justices Qualification Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict c 54)

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Lists of legislation by short title Justices of the peace {{statute-stub

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New Zealand

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