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44c. 43

that Act there were substituted a reference to the Adoption Act 1958, the Adoption Act 1960 and Part I of the Children Act 1975.

70.—(1) A relevant court for an inner London petty sessions area shall, in addition to hearing proceedings which (apart from subsection (2) below) may be heard by a relevant court for that area, have jurisdiction to hear proceedings which could be heard before a relevant court for any other such area, but shall not exercise the jurisdiction conferred by this subsection except in such cases or classes of case as may be determined by the committee of magistrates.

(2) A magistrates’ court for an inner London petty sessions area shall not hear any domestic proceedings if the committee of magistrates so determine.

(3) In this section—
 * “relevant court” means a magistrates’ court when composed for the purpose of exercising jurisdiction to hear domestic proceedings;
 * “inner London petty sessions area” means the City of London or any petty sessional division of the inner London area.

71.—(1) In the case of domestic proceedings in a magistrates court (other than proceedings under the Adoption Act 1976) it shall not be lawful for the proprietor, editor or publisher of a newspaper or periodical to print or publish, or cause or procure to be printed or published, in it any particulars of the proceedings other than the following, that is to say—
 * (a) the names, addresses and occupations of the parties and witnesses;
 * (b) the grounds of the application, and a concise statement of the charges, defences and counter-charges in support of which evidence has been given;
 * (c) submissions on any point of law arising in the course of the proceedings and the decision of the court on the submissions;
 * (d) the decision of the court, and any observations made by the court in giving it.

(2) In the case of domestic proceedings in a magistrates’ court under the Adoption Act 1976, subsection (1) above shall apply with the omission of paragraphs (a) and (b) and the reference in that subsection to the particulars of the proceedings