Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43)

Part I U.K. Criminal Jurisdiction and Procedure

Offences triable on indictment or summarily E+W

27 Effect of dismissal of information for offence triable either way. E+W

Where on the summary trial of an information for an offence triable either way the court dismisses the information, the dismissal shall have the same effect as an acquittal on indictment.