| |
PART 8
Trial of Offences
|
|
|
Summary trial of indictable offences.
|
53.—(1) The District Court may try summarily a person charged with an indictable offence under this Act if—
|
|
| |
(a) the Court is of opinion that the facts proved or alleged constitute a minor offence fit to be tried summarily,
|
|
| |
(b) the accused, on being informed by the Court of his or her right to be tried with a jury, does not object to being tried summarily, and
|
|
| |
(c) the Director of Public Prosecutions consents to the accused being tried summarily for the offence.
|
|
| |
(2) On conviction by the District Court for an indictable offence tried summarily under subsection (1) the accused shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £1,500 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both such fine and imprisonment.
|
