# The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, Article 35: Committal proceedings to be in open court


The place in which a magistrates' court is sitting to conduct ... a preliminary inquiry shall be deemed to be an open court except where—
(a) any statutory provision contains an express provision to the contrary; or
(b) it appears to the court that the ends of justice would not be served by sitting in open court for the whole or any part of the ... inquiry.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/1675/article/35 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-northern-ireland-order-1981/article-35
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