ADDENDA. As the statute 25 & 26 Vic. c. 50, passed last session of parliament, alters certain provisions of the Criminal Law Consolidation Acts, the editor considers it advisable to point out those changes, and notice such other matters as have been made the subject of legislation during the last session of parliament subsequently to the publication of the Second Edition of "The Justice of the Peace." This the editor has proposed to effect in a supplemental form, to be added to the recent work published by him, and which, with this view, is presented gratuitously to the purchasers of the Second Edition. Where the matter produced in this ADDENDA effects a change in the preceding work, attention is called to it by a note referring to the page, and the reader is requested to enter the reference accordingly in that page. 25 & 26 Vic. c. 50. An Act to amend certain Provisions of the Acts of the twentyfourth and twenty-fifth years of Her Majesty, chapters ninetysix, ninety-seven, ninety-nine, and one hundred, respectively, relating to Summary Jurisdiction in Ireland. Whereas, it is expedient to amend certain provisions of the acts of the 24th & 25th years of Her Majesty, chapters 96, 97, 99, and 100, respectively, relating to summary jurisdiction in Ireland be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1. [Commencement of act.] This act shall commence and take effect on the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. 2. [As to prosecution of offences made punishable on summary conviction in Ireland.] From and after the commencement of a* |