154.—(1) No objection shall be allowed in any proceedings before a magistrates' court to any complaint, summons, warrant, process, notice of application or appeal or other document for any alleged defect in substance or in form or for variation between any complaint, summons, warrant, process notice or other document and the evidence adduced on the part of the complainant, plaintiff, applicant or appellant at the hearing, unless the defect or variance appears to have misled the other party to the proceeding.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of Article 161 or 163, where a party to the proceeding has been misled by such defect or variance as is mentioned in paragraph (1) the court may, if necessary and upon such terms as it thinks fit, adjourn the proceedings.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Art. 154 applied (31.10.2007) by Sea Fishing (Restriction on Days at Sea) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/407), art. 17(2)
155. A magistrates' court may during any proceeding upon such terms as it thinks fit, make any amendment in any complaint, summons, warrant, process, notice of application or appeal or other document which is necessary for the purpose of raising the real questions at issue and arriving at a just decision.
156. A summons, warrant, decree or other document issued by a resident magistrate or[F1 lay magistrate] shall not be void by reason of the[F1 person] who signed the document subsequently dying or ceasing to hold or becoming disqualified for holding office.