Part 2 Offences: Abolition of Imprisonment and Conversion to Summary Offence

Part 2 Offences: Abolition of Imprisonment and Conversion to Summary Offence

Vagrancy Act 1824 (c 83)

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In section 3 of the Vagrancy Act 1824 (idle and disorderly persons), for the words from “subject to†to the end there is substituted “it shall be lawful for any justice of the peace to impose on such person (being thereof convicted before him by his own view, or by the confession of such person, or by the evidence on oath of one or more credible witnesses) a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scaleâ€.

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(1)ÌýÌýÌýÌý Section 4 of that Act (rogues and vagabonds) is amended as follows.

(2)ÌýÌýÌýÌý In that section, for the words from “shall be†to the end there is substituted “commits an offence under this sectionâ€.

(3)ÌýÌýÌýÌý At the end of that section (which becomes

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