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• Magistrate’s Courts 
• Citation
  • 1 Short title
• Preliminary
  • 2 Definitions
• PART I Magistrates
  • Chief Magistrate and other Magistrates
  • Jurisdiction and Districts
• PART II Criminal Jurisdiction and Procedure
  • Jurisdiction to Issue Process and Deal with Charges
• PART III Committal proceedings
  • 17 General nature of committal proceedings
  • 18 Adjournment of an enquiry
  • 19 Discharge or committal for trial
  • 20 Committal for trial without consideration of the evidence
  • 21 Committal for sentence
  • 22 Restrictions on reports of committal proceedings
  • 23 Documents to be sent to Director of Public Prosecutions and Registrar
  • 24 Speedy trial of persons committed for sentence
  • 25 Speedy trial of persons committed for trial
  • 26 Power of Director of Public Prosecutions to remit case for further enquiry
  • 27 Proceedings may be referred back by Director of Public Prosecutions
  • 28 Further provisions as to remission of case
  • 29 Warrant where accused person does not appear
  • 30 Binding over prosecutor and witnesses to attend trial
• PART IV Summary Trial of Information
  • 31 Procedure of trial
  • 32 Adjournment of trial
  • 33 Non-appearance of accused: general provisions
  • 34 Non-appearance of accused: plea of guilty
  • 35 Non-appearance of accused: issue of warrant
  • 36 Proceedings invalid where accused did not know of them
  • 37 Non-appearance of prosecutor
  • 38 Non-appearance of both parties
  • 39 Cross-information
  • 40 Hearing of two or more informations at the same time
  • 41 Dismissal for want of prosecution not to operate as bar to other proceedings
  • 42 Parties entitled to copies of proceedings
• Offences Triable on Indictment or Summarily
  • 43 Certain offences triable either way
  • 44 Jurisdiction of High Court preserved
  • 45 Initial procedure on information against adult for offence triable either way
  • 46 Court to begin by considering which mode of trial appears more suitable
  • 47 Procedure where summary trial appears more suitable
  • 48 Procedure where trial on indictment appears more suitable
  • 49 Certain offences to be tried summarily if value involved is small
  • 50 Power of court with consent of legally-represented accused to proceed in his absence
  • 51 Summary trial of information against child or young person for indictable offence
  • 52 Power to change from summary trial to committal proceedings and vice versa
  • 53 Power to issue summons to accused in certain circumstances
  • 54 Effect of dismissal of information for offence triable either way
  • 55 Using in summary trial evidence given in committal proceedings
• Power to Remit Person Under 16 for Trial to Juvenile Court
  • 56 Power of magistrate to remit a person under 16 for trial to a juvenile court in certain circumstances
• Remand for Medical Examination
  • 57 Remand for medical examination
• Powers in Respect of Offenders
  • 58 General limit on powers of magistrate to impose imprisonment
  • 59 Penalties on summary conviction for offences triable either way
  • 60 Deferment of sentence
  • 61 Penalties on summary conviction in pursuance of section 49
  • 62 Mitigation of penalties, etc.
  • 63 Fixing amount of fine
  • 64 Restriction on fines in respect of young persons
  • 65 Committal for sentence on summary trial of offence triable either way
  • 66 Cases where magistrate may remit offender to another magistrate for sentence
  • 67 Offence charged, attempt proved
  • 68 Conviction of offence involved in offence charged
  • 69 Consecutive terms of imprisonment
  • 70 Restitution of property
  • 71 Males under 16 may be ordered to be whipped
• Award of Compensation
  • 72 Power to award compensation
  • 73 Compensation orders against convicted persons
  • 74 Restriction on amount payable under compensation order of magistrates
• Miscellaneous
  • 75 Grant of bail in treason or murder
  • 76 Arrest without warrant of person found committing certain offences
  • 77 Bail on arrest without warrant
  • 78 Return of property taken from accused
  • 79 Aiders and abettors
  • 80 Incitement
  • 81 Corporations
  • 82 Service of summons out of time after failure to prove service by post
  • 83 Taking of finger-prints
  • 84 Issue of search warrants and detention or disposal of articles seized thereunder
  • 85 Construction of references to complaints in other enactments
• PART V Jurisdiction and Procedure Relating to Complaints
  • Complaints: Jurisdiction
  • Hearing of Complaint
  • Orders for Periodical Payments
  • Payments to Children
  • Costs
  • Domestic Proceedings
• PART VI Satisfaction and Enforcement
  • General Provisions
  • Amounts Adjudged to be Paid by a Conviction
  • Amounts Adjudged to be Paid by Default on Order
• PART VII Witnesses and Evidence
  • Procuring Attendance of Witnesses
  • Evidence Generally
  • Evidence in Criminal Cases
  • Offences
• PART VIII Recognizances
  • Recognizances to Keep the Peace or be of Good Behaviour
  • Other Provisions
• PART IX Civil Jurisdiction and Procedure
  • Preliminary
  • Jurisdiction
  • Procedure
  • Parties to Proceedings
  • Default Summons
  • Defences
  • Confession, Consents and Payments into Court
  • Witnesses and Discovery
  • Hearing
  • Interest
  • Costs
  • Miscellaneous
• PART X Miscellaneous
  • Supplementary
  • Process
  • Limitation of Time
  • Remand
  • Detention for Short Periods
  • Fees, Fines, Forfeitures etc.
  • Power to Rectify Mistakes etc.
• PART XI Administration of Justice
  • Offences
• PART XII Appeal and Case Stated
  • Appeal
  • Case Stated
• PART XIII General
  • 268 Rules
  • 269 Transitional provisions and repeal