CAP. 227]
Magistrates..
[s, 78 cont. of illness or accident unable at the expiration of the period for which he was remanded to appear personally before the magistrate, may, in the absence of the accused person, order him to be further remanded for such time as may be deemed reasonable.
Place where examination taken not an open court.
c. 42, s. 19.
(3) If the accused does not afterwards appear at the time and place mentioned in the recognizance, the magistrate then present may, on certifying the non-appearance of the accused on the recognizance, declare the same forfeited, and proceed to enforce the same in the manner hereinbefore provided for enforcing recognizances in the cases of offences punishable on summary conviction; and may forthwith issue his warrant for the apprehension of the accused.
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79. The room or building in which a magistrate hears an information or charge for an indictable offence shall not be deemed an open court for that purpose; and it shall be lawful for the magistrate hearing the case, in his discretion, to order that no person shall have access to or be or remain in such room or building without the consent or permission of the magistrate, if it appears to him that the ends of justice will be best answered by so doing.
11 & 12 Vict.
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80. (1) On the hearing of an information or charge for an indictable offence where the accused is present at the hearing, the magistrate shall, before committing the accused to prison for trial or before admitting him to bail to take his trial, in the presence of the accused proceed to take evidence for and on behalf of the prosecutor and his witnesses in the same manner as is hereinbefore provided for the taking of the evidence of the complainant or informant and his witnesses on a complaint or information for an offence punishable on summary conviction.
Rules, Form 18.
(2) The accused or his counsel shall be at liberty to put questions to any witnesses produced against him, and further the depositions or evidence of the prosecutor and his witnesses shall, in the presence of the accused, be read over to and signed respectively by the witnesses who have been so examined, and shall also be signed by the magistrate taking the same.
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CAP. 227]
Magistrates..
[s, 78 cont. of illness or accident unable at the expiration of the period for which he was remanded to appear personally before the magistrate, may, in the absence of the accused person, order him to be further remanded for such time as may be deemed reasonable.
Place where
examination
taken not an open court.
c. 42, s. 19.
(3) If the accused does not afterwards appear at the time and place mentioned in the recognizance, the magistrate then present may, on certifying the non-appearance of the accused on the recognizance, declare the same forfeited, and proceed to enforce the same in the manner hereinbefore pro- vided for enforcing recognizances in the cases of offences punishable on summary conviction; and may forthwith issue his warrant for the apprehension of the accused.
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79. The room or building in which a magistrate hears an information or-charge-for an indictable offence shall not be 11 & 12 Vict. deemed an open court for that purpose; and it shall be lawful for the magistrate hearing the case, in his discretion, to order that no person shall have access to or be or remain in such room or building without the consent or permission of the magistrate, if it appears to him that the ends of justice will be best answered by so doing.
Taking of evidence at hearing.
11 & 12 Vict.
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80. (1) On the hearing of an-information or charge for an indictable offence where the accused is present at the c. 42, s. 17. hearing, the magistrate shall, before committing the accused to prison for trial or before admitting him to bail to take his trial, in the presence of the accused proceed to take evidence for and on behalf of the prosecutor and his witnesses in the same manner as is hereinbefore provided for the taking of the evidence of the complainant or informant and his witnesses on a complaint or information for an offence punishable on summary conviction.
Rules, Form 18.
(2) The accused or his counsel shall be at liberty to put questions to any witnesses produced against him, and further the depositions or evidence of the prosecutor and his witnesses shall, in the presence of the accused, be read over to and signed respectively by the witnesses who have been so examined, and shall also be signed by the magistrate taking the same.
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274
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