Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980

83 Process for securing attendance of offender for purposes of section 82.U.K.

(1)A magistrates’ court may, for the purpose of enabling inquiry to be made under section 82 above or for securing the attendance of an offender at a hearing required to be held by subsection (5) of that section—

(a)issue a summons requiring the offender to appear before the court at the time and place appointed in the summons; or

(b)issue a warrant to arrest him and bring him before the court.

(2)On the failure of the offender to appear before the court in answer to a summons under this section the court may issue a warrant to arrest him and bring him before the court.

(3)A warrant issued under this section may be executed in like manner, and the like proceedings may be taken with a view to its execution, in any part of the United Kingdom, as if it had been issued under section 13 above.

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Textual Amendments

F1S. 83(4) repealed (19.2.2001) by 1999 c. 22, ss. 97(2), 106, Sch. 15 Pt. V(8) (with s. 107, Sch. 14 para. 7(2), 36(9)); S.I. 2001/168, arts. 1, 2 (subject to the transitional provisions in art. 3)