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P-15 - Summary Convictions Act

Section 5
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5. (1)  Any one justice of the peace may receive the information or complaint and grant a summons or warrant thereon, against the accused, and issue his summons or warrant to compel the attendance of witnesses for either party, and do other preliminary acts and matters necessary to the hearing, even if by the statute it is provided that the information or complaint shall be heard and determined by two or more justices of the peace.
(2)  One justice of the peace may also do the necessary acts after a case has been heard and determined.
(3)  It shall not be necessary for the justice of the peace who acts before or after the hearing to be the justice or one of the justices by whom the case is to be or has been heard and determined.
(4)  If it is required by any act or law that an information or complaint shall be heard and determined by two or more justices of the peace, or that a conviction or order shall be made by two or more justices of the peace, such justices shall be present and acting together during the whole of the hearing and determination of the case.
R. S. 1964, c. 35, s. 5; 1982, c. 32, s. 1.
5. (1)  Any one justice of the peace may receive the information or complaint and grant a summons or warrant thereon, against the accused, and issue his summons or warrant to compel the attendance of witnesses for either party, and do other preliminary acts and matters necessary to the hearing, even if by the statute it is provided that the information or complaint shall be heard and determined by two or more justices of the peace.
(2)  After a case has been heard and determined, one justice of the peace may issue warrants of distress or commitment thereon.
(3)  It shall not be necessary for the justice of the peace who acts before or after the hearing to be the justice or one of the justices by whom the case is to be or has been heard and determined.
(4)  If it is required by any act or law that an information or complaint shall be heard and determined by two or more justices of the peace, or that a conviction or order shall be made by two or more justices of the peace, such justices shall be present and acting together during the whole of the hearing and determination of the case.
R. S. 1964, c. 35, s. 5.
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