Summary Jurisdiction Act 1848

Summary Jurisdiction Act 1848
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to facilitate the Performance of the Duties of Justices of the Peace out of Sessions, within England and Wales, with respect to summary Convictions and Orders.
Citation	11 & 12 Vict. c. 43
Introduced by	John Jervis MP (Commons)
Territorial extent	England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent	14 August 1848
Commencement	2 October 1848
Other legislation
Amends	See § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokes	See § Repealed enactments
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1875; Summary Jurisdiction Act 1884; Statute Law Revision Act 1891; Statute Law Revision Act 1892; Statute Law Revision Act 1894;
Relates to	Summary Jurisdiction Act 1879; Summary Jurisdiction (Process) Act 1881; Summary Jurisdiction Act 1884;
History of passage through Parliament
Records of Parliamentary debate relating to the statute from Hansard
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Summary Jurisdiction Act 1848 (11 & 12 Vict. c. 43), also known as the Duties of Justices (Summary Convictions) Act 1848 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated the provisions of a large number of statutes relating to summary jurisdiction. The act is one of the Jervis's Acts, also known as Summary Jurisdiction Acts, which reformed the local administration of justice in England.