# Criminal Justice Act 2003, Paragraph 4

Extent: E+W

In section 18 (initial procedure on information against adult for offence triable either way), for subsection (5) there is substituted—
“(5) The functions of a magistrates' court under sections 19 to 23 below may be discharged by a single justice, but this subsection shall not be taken as authorising—
(a) the summary trial of an information (otherwise than in accordance with section 20(7) below); or
(b) the imposition of a sentence,
by a magistrates' court composed of fewer than two justices.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/44/schedule/3/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003/schedule-3/paragraph-4
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