An Act to consolidate the Statutes relating to Magistrates and Justices of the Peace, to proceedings before and in the nature of appeal from and to proceedings against such Magistrates and Justices; and to other matters in connection therewith.
This Act may be cited as the Justices Act 1902.
The Acts mentioned in the First Schedule hereto are, to the extent therein expressed, hereby repealed, provided that no such repeal shall invalidate or affect any proceeding, act, or thing done or commenced before the passing of this Act.
All proceedings initiated before the passing of this Act shall be carried on as far as practicable according to the provisions of this Act, and, subject thereto, according to the provisions of the said Acts, which for that purpose shall be deemed to continue in force notwithstanding the repeal thereof.
All persons lawfully in custody, or bound by recognizances, at the time of the passing of this Act, under the provisions of any Act hereby repealed, shall be deemed to be in lawful custody, or to be so bound as aforesaid, under the provisions of this Act, and may be dealt with accordingly.
All persons appointed under any Act hereby repealed, and holding office at the time of the passing of this Act, shall be deemed to have been appointed under this Act.
All proclamations, notifications, rules, regulations and forms made or prescribed under the authority of any Act hereby repealed, and being in force at the time of the passing of this Act, shall, unless expressly altered by the provisions of this Act, be deemed to have been made or prescribed under the authority of this Act.
In this Act, unless the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires:
(a) a Magistrate or a Children’s Magistrate, or
(b) a Justice employed in the Attorney General’s Department, or
(c) a Justice employed in a prescribed office.