Criminal Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2002

Criminal Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act
2002
Act No. 35/2002
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(5) An informant who acknowledges an outline
of evidence which the informant knows at
the time to be false is liable to the penalties
of perjury.
(6) The outline of evidence and notice referred
to in sub-section (1) must be served in
accordance with section 34 or 36(1) (as the
case requires) as though they were a
summons to answer to a charge.
(7) Service of documents referred to in subsection
(1) may be proved in any manner in
which service of a summons to answer to a
charge may be proved under section 35.
(8) Section 90 of the Road Safety Act 1986
applies as if a reference to "summons" were
a reference to "outline of evidence under
section 37A of the Magistrates' Court Act
1989".
(9) An informant must retain an outline of
evidence bearing the manual signature of the
informant for a period of 12 months after the
determination of the charge.'.
15. Power to adjourn
In section 41(3) of the Magistrates' Court Act
1989, after "Schedule 2" insert "or may adjourn
the proceeding on any terms that it thinks fit".
16. New section 121A inserted
After section 121 of the Magistrates' Court Act
1989 insert—
"121A. Validation of certain acts
If, before the commencement of section 25
of the Criminal Justice Legislation
(Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2002, a
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