# The Magistrates' Courts Rules 1981, Rule 82: Recognizance to keep the peace, etc., taken by one court and discharged by another

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Where a magistrates' court acting in any local justice area makes an order under section 116 of the Act of 1980 discharging a recognizance entered into before a magistrates' court acting in any other local justice area, the designated officer for the court that orders the recognizance to be discharged shall send a copy of the order of discharge to the designated officer for the court acting in that other local justice area.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/552/rule/82 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-rules-1981/rule-82
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