Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015

Section 61 - Power to dispense with personal attendance

The Magistrate may, where he sees sufficient cause, dispense with the personal attendance of a suspect called on to show cause why he should not be ordered to enter into a recognizance for keeping the peace, and may permit him to appear by a legal practitioner.

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