Part 2 Charging etc

Part 2 Charging etc

Criminal Law Act 1977 (c 45)

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In section 39 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 (service of summons and citation throughout United Kingdom) for subsection (1) there is substituted—

“(1)     The following documents, namely—

(a)     a summons requiring a person charged with an offence to appear before a court in England or Wales,

(b)     a written charge (within the meaning of section 29 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003) charging a person with an offence,

(c)     a requisition (within the meaning of that section) requiring a person charged with an offence to appear before a court in England or Wales, and

(d)     any other document which, by virtue of any enactment, may or must be served on a person with, or at the same time as, a document mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) above,

may, in such manner as may be prescribed by rules of court, be served on him in Scotland or Northern Ireland.â€

Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c 43)

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The Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 is amended as follows.

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(1)     Section 1 (issue of summons to accused or warrant for his arrest) is amended as

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