sec.141Dismissal or adjournment in absence of complainant

### sec.141 Dismissal or adjournment in absence of complainant If upon the day and at the place appointed by the summons for hearing and determining a complaint of a simple offence or breach of duty the defendant attends voluntarily in obedience to the summons, or is brought before the justices by virtue of a warrant, and the complainant (having had notice of such day and place) does not appear personally or by lawyer, the justices shall dismiss the complaint, unless for some reason they think proper to adjourn the hearing of the same to some other day, in which case they may adjourn the hearing accordingly, upon such terms as they think fit, and may commit the defendant in the meantime or may grant the defendant bail. s 141 amd 1980 No. 35 s 4 (1) sch 1 ; 2004 No. 11 s 596 sch 1 hdg prec s 142 om 1992 No. 40 s 76