Paragraph 25 Part 3 – criminal proceedings

As made

(1)

Section 25D of the 1971 Act^f1 is modified as follows.

(2)

Omit subsection (5).

(3)

For subsection (6) substitute—

“(6)
“Court” means—

(a)
if the arrested person has not been charged, or if he has been charged but proceedings for the offence have not begun to be heard, a court of summary jurisdiction;

(b)
if he has been charged and proceedings for the offence are being heard, the court hearing the proceedings.”.

(4)

Omit subsection (7).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 25D was inserted (as section 25A) by section 38(2) and (4) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c.33) and renumbered and amended by section 144(1) and (2) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c.41).