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Discretion of magistrate to abstain from trial of criminal act appearing fit for trial on indictment

Cap. 96, s. 152 · Revised Edition 2020

Where by the Code, any criminal act is made punishable either upon summary conviction or upon conviction on indictment, a summary jurisdiction court need not exercise summary jurisdiction if the case appears to it to be one which ought to be tried by the Supreme Court on indictment.
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Discretion of magistrate to abstain from trial of criminal act appearing fit for trial on indictment — Cap. 96 s. 152 · Belize Law