Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994

19H

F26[Jurisdiction of District Court.

19H.(1) Notwithstanding any statutory provision or rule of law to the contrary, the jurisdiction of the District Court shall not, in summary proceedings in relation to an offence under this Part, be ousted by reason solely of a question of title to land being brought into issue.

(2) Where in summary proceedings in relation to an offence under this Part a question of title to land is brought into issue, the decision of a justice of the District Court in the proceedings or on the question shall not operate as an estoppel in, or a bar to, proceedings in any court in relation to the land.]

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Amendments:

F36

Inserted (27.06.2002) by Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002 (9/2002), s. 24, S.I. No. 329 of 2002.