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The Magistrates' Courts Rules 1981
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SUMMARY TRIAL OF OFFENCE TRIABLE EITHER WAY
Duty to recall witnesses who have given evidence before examining justices
21. Where under section 25(3) or (7) of the Act of 1980 a magistrates' court, having he gun to inquire into an information as examining justices, proceeds to try the information summarily, then, unless the accused pleads guilty, the court shall recall for cross-examination any witnesses who have already given evidence, except any not required by the accused or the prosecutor to be recalled for that purpose.
Preservation of depositions where offence friable either way is dealt with summarily
22. The clerk of the magistrates' court by which any person charged with an offence triable either way has been tried summarily shall preserve for a period of three years such depositions as have been taken.
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