[20 Procedure where summary trial appears more suitable]
Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (1980 c 43) | Legislation

[20  Procedure where summary trial appears more suitable]

[(1)     If the court decides under section 19 above that the offence appears to it more suitable for summary trial, the following provisions of this section shall apply (unless they are excluded by section 23 below).

(2)     The court shall explain to the accused in ordinary language—

(a)     that it appears to the court more suitable for him to be tried summarily for the offence;

(b)     that he can either consent to be so tried or, if he wishes, be tried on indictment; and

[(c)     that if he is tried summarily and is convicted by the court, he may be committed for sentence to the Crown Court under [section 14 or (if applicable) 15 of the Sentencing Code] if the court is of such opinion as is

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