Ss. 17 18. Application to Scotland. Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Act, 1851," may be enforced in like manner as if it were an order made by a court of summary jurisdiction in pursuance of the Employers and Workmen Act, 1875, and not otherwise; and (2.) The repeal enacted by this section shall not affect (a.) Anything duly done or suffered, or any right or liability acquired or incurred under any enactment hereby repealed; or (b.) Any penalty, forfeiture, or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed against any enactment hereby repealed; or (c.) Any investigation, legal proceeding, or remedy in respect of any such right, liability, penalty, forfeiture, or punishment as aforesaid; and any such investigation, legal proceeding, and remedy may be carried on as if this Act had not passed. Sect. 17 now runs: "Any order for wages not otherwise"; the rest of this section being repealed by 46-7 V. 39 (S. L. R. Act, 1883). For the Employers and Workmen Act, 1875, see p. N.B.-In the following ss. of this Act, the words in smaller type are repealed by 56-7 V. 54 (S. L. R. Act (No. 2), 1893). Application of Act to Scotland. 18. This Act shall extend to Scotland, with the modifications following; that is to say, Definitions. (1.) The expression "municipal authority' means the town council of any royal or parlia mentary burgh, or the commissioners of police Ss. 18, 19. (2.) The expression "The Summary Jurisdiction (3.) The expression "the court of summary jurisdiction" means the sheriff of the county or any one of his substitutes. penalties, 19. In Scotland the following provisions shall Recovery of have effect in regard to the prosecution of offences, &c. in recovery of penalties, and making of orders under this Act: (1.) Every offence under this Act shall be prosecuted, every penalty recovered, and every order made at the instance of the Lord Advocate, or of the Procurator Fiscal of the sheriff court: (2.) The proceedings may be on indictment in the Court of Justiciary in Edinburgh or on circuit or in a sheriff court, or may be taken summarily in the sheriff court under the provisions of the Summary Procedure Act, 1864: (3.) Every person found liable on conviction to pay any penalty under this Act shall be liable, Scotland. Ss. 19,20, 21. Appeal in Scotland as prescribed in default of payment within a time to be fixed in the conviction, to be imprisoned for a term, to be also fixed therein, not exceeding two months, or until such penalty shall be sooner paid, and the conviction and warrant may be in the form of No. 3 of Schedule K. of the Summary Procedure Act, 1864: (4.) In Scotland all penalties imposed in pursuance of this Act shall be paid to the clerk of the court imposing them, and shall by him be accounted for and paid to the Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer, and be carried to the Consolidated Fund. 20. In Scotland it shall be competent to any by 20 G. 2, person to appeal against any order or conviction c. 13. Application to Ireland. under this Act to the next circuit Court of Justiciary, or where there are no circuit courts to the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh, in the manner prescribed by and under the rules, limitations, conditions, and restrictions contained in the Act passed in the twentieth year of the reign of His Majesty King George the Second, chapter forty-three, in regard to appeals to circuit courts in matters criminal, as the same may be altered or amended by any Acts of Parliament for the time being in force. Application of Act to Ireland. 21. This Act shall extend to Ireland, with the modifications following; that is to say, The expression "the Summary Jurisdiction Act" shall s. 21. be construed to mean, as regards the police district of Dublin metropolis, the Acts regulating the powers and duties of justices of the peace for such district; and elsewhere in Ireland, the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851, and any Acts amending the same : The expression "court of summary jurisdiction" shall be construed to mean any justice or justices of the peace, or other magistrate to whom jurisdiction is given by the Summary Jurisdiction Act: : The court of summary jurisdiction, when hearing Ss. 1, 2, 3. Short title. Commencement of Act. Power of county court as to ordering of payment of money, setoff, and rescission THE EMPLOYERS AND WORKMEN АСТ, 1875. 38-9 V. 90. An Act to enlarge the powers of County Courts in respect of disputes between Employers and Workmen, and to give other Courts a limited civil jurisdiction in respect of such disputes. [13th August, 1875. Preliminary. 1. This Act may be cited as the Employers and Workmen Act, 1875. 2. This Act, except so far as it authorises any rules to be made or other thing to be done at any time after the passing of this Act, shall come into operation on the first day of September one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five. Repealed by 56-7 V. 54 (S. L. R. Act (No. 2), 1893). PART I. Jurisdiction-Jurisdiction of County Court. 3. In any proceeding before a county court in relation to any dispute between an employer and of contract a workman arising out of or incidental to their and taking security. |