This is the original version (as it was originally enacted).
4In section 18 (initial procedure on information against adult for offence triable either way), for subsection (5) there is substituted—
“(5)The functions of a magistrates' court under sections 19 to 23 below may be discharged by a single justice, but this subsection shall not be taken as authorising—
(a)the summary trial of an information (otherwise than in accordance with section 20(7) below); or
(b)the imposition of a sentence,
by a magistrates' court composed of fewer than two justices.”
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