# The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025, Part 24: TRIAL AND SENTENCE IN A MAGISTRATES’ COURT

Extent: E+W

Contents of this Part
When this Part appliesrule 24.1
General rulesrule 24.2
Procedure on plea of not guiltyrule 24.3
Evidence of a witness in personrule 24.4
Evidence of a witness in writingrule 24.5
Evidence by admissionrule 24.6
Procedure on plea of guiltyrule 24.7
Written guilty plea: special rulesrule 24.8
Single justice procedure: special rulesrule 24.9
Application to withdraw a guilty plearule 24.10
Procedure if the court convictsrule 24.11
Procedure where a party is absentrule 24.12
Provision of documents for the courtrule 24.13
Duty of justices’ legal adviserrule 24.14
Duty of court officer and custodianrule 24.15
[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.]

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/909/part/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/part-24/enacted
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.