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Criminal Procedure Act 1986
251Procedure where both parties do not appear
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251 Procedure where both parties do not appear
251 Procedure where both parties do not appear
If both the prosecutor and the accused person are not present, on a day and at the time and place to which a hearing has been adjourned, the court may proceed to hear and determine the matter in the absence of the parties.
ss 250–252: Ins 2001 No 119, Sch 1 [82].