JUSTICES ACT 1902 - SECT 33 When adjournment allowed

This legislation has been repealed.

JUSTICES ACT 1902 - SECT 33

33 When adjournment allowed

(1) The Justice or Justices before whom a defendant appears or is brought may adjourn the hearing of any information in any case, whether before or during the hearing, where from the absence of witnesses or from any reasonable cause it is necessary or advisable to defer the hearing or further hearing.

(2) Such adjournment shall be to a time and place to be appointed by the Justice or Justices adjourning the hearing:

Provided that unless with the consent of the defendant such adjournment shall not exceed eight clear days, but this proviso does not apply where the defendant is refused bail (as referred to in section 25 of the Bail Act 1978 ).