[16E Accused not aware of single justice procedure notice]
Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (1980 c 43) | Legislation

[16E  Accused not aware of single justice procedure notice]

[(1)     This section applies if—

(a)     a single justice procedure notice has been issued, and

(b)     the written charge is being tried, or has been tried, in accordance with section 16A.

(2)     This section does not apply if the trial of the written charge has been adjourned under section 16B(3)(a) or 16C(3)(a).

(3)     The proceedings subsequent to the single justice procedure notice are void if—

(a)     the accused makes a statutory declaration that the accused did not know of the single justice procedure notice or the proceedings until a date that

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