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PROSTITUTION ACT 1999 - SECT 129

Limitation on who may summarily hear indictable offence proceedings

129 Limitation on who may summarily hear indictable offence proceedings

(1) A proceeding for an offence against this Act must be before a magistrate if it is a proceeding—
(a) for the summary conviction of a person on a charge for an indictable offence; or
(b) for an examination of witnesses for a charge for an indictable offence.
(2) If a proceeding for an indictable offence is brought before a justice who is not a magistrate, jurisdiction is limited to taking or making a procedural action or order within the meaning of the Justices of the Peace and Commissioners for Declarations Act 1991 .



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