{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/part-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/part-24.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2025/909",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025",
  "path": "part/24",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "TRIAL AND SENTENCE IN A MAGISTRATES’ COURT",
  "text": "Contents of this Part\nWhen this Part applies\nrule 24.1\nGeneral rules\nrule 24.2\nProcedure on plea of not guilty\nrule 24.3\nEvidence of a witness in person\nrule 24.4\nEvidence of a witness in writing\nrule 24.5\nEvidence by admission\nrule 24.6\nProcedure on plea of guilty\nrule 24.7\nWritten guilty plea: special rules\nrule 24.8\nSingle justice procedure: special rules\nrule 24.9\nApplication to withdraw a guilty plea\nrule 24.10\nProcedure if the court convicts\nrule 24.11\nProcedure where a party is absent\nrule 24.12\nProvision of documents for the court\nrule 24.13\nDuty of justices’ legal adviser\nrule 24.14\nDuty of court officer and custodian\nrule 24.15\n[Note. Part 3 contains rules about case management that apply at trial as well as during preparation for trial. The rules in this Part must be read in conjunction with those rules.]",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/909/part/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:12:44.140935+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}