Example sentences of "the magistrates ' [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where the Crown Court is dealing with an offender for offences for which he has been committed for sentence under Criminal Justice Act 1967. s.56 , whether they are summary or either way , the Court must observe the limitations which would apply in the magistrates ' court to the sentence for those offences . |
| 2 | Procedure is governed by FPR , r4.22 as with appeals from the magistrates ' court to the High Court . |
| 3 | Since the maximum term of imprisonment which might be imposed in the Magistrates ' court for a single offence is six months , the Act effectively took out of the hands of the magistrates the power to impose sentences of immediate imprisonment on the majority of offenders who had not previously been sentenced to imprisonment or borstal training . |
| 4 | It can direct that the application be re-heard by a magistrates ' court or it can make an order itself which will then be treated as an order of the magistrates ' court for the purposes of enforcement and variation ( s94(9) ) . |
| 5 | The room was a waist-high maze of rich wood panelling , staggered over several levels with the magistrates ' bench at the highest . |