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CurrentLimitation on who may summarily hear indictable offence proceedings
198 Limitation on who may summarily hear indictable offence proceedings
(1)
A proceeding must be before a magistrate if it is a proceeding—
(a)
for the summary conviction of a person on a charge for an indictable offence; or
(b)
for an examination of witnesses for a charge for an indictable offence.
(2)
However, if a proceeding for an indictable offence is brought before a justice who is not a magistrate, jurisdiction is limited to taking or making a procedural action or order within the meaning of the Justices of the Peace and Commissioners for Declarations Act 1991.
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