Extension of return date if summons not served
19 Extension of return date if summons not served
If the informant has not served a summons to answer to a charge, the appropriate registrar may extend a return date specified in the summons without cause on one occasion on the application of the informant—
before the return date; or
within 28 days after the return date.
The appropriate registrar may extend a return date on a subsequent occasion on the application of the informant—
before the current return date; or
within 28 days after the current return date—
S. 19(2) amended by No. 6/2018 s. 68(Sch. 2 item 38.1).
if the registrar is satisfied by sworn or affirmed evidence, whether oral or by affidavit, that reasonable efforts have been made to serve the summons.
Note
See also section 331 as to the court's general power of adjournment.
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