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Section 169 - Criminal Procedure Act 2009 - Place of hearing of criminal trial — Zoe

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169 Place of hearing of criminal trial (1) A criminal trial in the Supreme Court or the County Court is to be held in the court sitting at the place that is nearest to the place where the offence is alleged to have been committed, unless an order is made under section 192. (2) A criminal trial is not invalid only because it was conducted at a place other than the place referred to in subsection (1).

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