§ 31 After Clause 36, insert the following clause:
§ Amendment of records of conviction and sentence in
summary proceedings
§ '. After section 439 of the 1975 Act there shall be inserted the following section—
§ "Amendment of records of conviction and sentence in
summary proceedings.
§ 439A.—(1) Without prejudice to section 439 of this Act, where, on an application in accordance with subsection (2) below, the High Court is satisfied that a record of conviction or sentence in summary proceedings inaccurately records the identity of any person, it may authorise the clerk of the court which convicted or, as the case may be, sentenced the person to correct the record.
§ (2) An application under subsection (I) above shall be made after the determination of the summary prosecution and may be made by any party to the summary proceedings or any other person having an interest in the correction of the alleged inaccuracy.
§ (3) The High Court shall order intimation of an application under subsection (1) above to such persons as it considers appropriate and shall not determine the application without affording to the parties to the summary proceedings and to any other person having an interest in the correction of the alleged inaccuracy an opportunity to be heard.
§ (4) The power of the High Court under this section may be exercised by a single judge of the High Court in the same manner as it may be exercised by the High Court, and subject to the same provisions.".'.
§ Lord Fraser of CarmyllieMy Lords, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 31.
§ Moved, that the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 31.—(Lord Fraser of Carmyllie.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.