JUSTICES ACT 1902 - SECT 74 Procedure where informant or complainant does not, but defendant does appear

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JUSTICES ACT 1902 - SECT 74

74 Procedure where informant or complainant does not, but defendant does appear

If, upon the day and at the time and place appointed by the summons, or by the order of the Justice or Justices before whom the defendant was brought upon apprehension under a warrant, the informant or complainant does not appear in person or by his or her counsel or attorney, but the defendant attends voluntarily in obedience to such summons, or is brought up on the order aforesaid, and the informant or complainant has received notice of such order, the Justice or Justices shall dismiss the information or complaint unless for some reason the Justice or Justices think proper to adjourn the hearing as hereinbefore provided.