JUSTICES ACT 1886 - SECT 102G
Dismissal for want of prosecution
JUSTICES ACT 1886 - SECT 102G
Dismissal for want of prosecution
102G Dismissal for want of prosecution
(1) If the complainant under a private complaint does not proceed with due
diligence to prosecute the complaint, the justices may order that the
complaint be struck out for want of prosecution and may award to the defendant
such costs as to them seem just and reasonable.
(1A) Such costs awarded shall
constitute a debt due and owing by the complainant to the defendant and may be
recovered by the defendant by action in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(2) Where a private complaint has been struck out pursuant to subsection (1) ,
no further proceedings shall be had upon a private complaint charging the same
offence.