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SUPREME COURT (SUMMARY JURISDICTION) ACT 1967 - SECT 6 Defects and variances in process

This legislation has been repealed.

SUPREME COURT (SUMMARY JURISDICTION) ACT 1967 - SECT 6

Defects and variances in process

6 Defects and variances in process

(1) No objection shall be taken or allowed to any application referred to in, or to any order or warrant made or issued under, section 4 or 5 by reason of any alleged defect in it in substance or in form or by reason of any variance between it and the evidence adduced at the proceedings for the offence charged in the application or order.
(2) The Judge hearing the proceedings for any such offence shall:
(a) where it appears to the Judge that any variance between any such application or order and the evidence adduced in respect of the offence charged in the application or order is such that the defendant has been misled by the variance, and
(b) the defendant applies for an adjournment of the hearing,
adjourn the hearing.