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. ”

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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.