SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 Committal Proceedings
Part I Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980
Amendments
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Section 25 (change from summary trial to committal proceedings) shall be amended as follows.
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In subsections (2) and (6) for the words “may adjourn the hearing without remanding the accused” there shall be substituted “
shall adjourn the hearing.
”
3
The following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (7)—
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If the court adjourns the hearing under subsection (2) or (6) above it may (if it thinks fit) do so without remanding the accused.