144Rules of court

144 Rules of court

(1)  [Section 144 Subsection (1) amended by No. 108 of 1974, s. 36 ][Section 144 Subsection (1) omitted by No. 6 of 2003, s. 22, Applied:01 Jul 2003] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

(2)  [Section 144 Subsection (2) omitted by No. 108 of 1974, s. 36 ].  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

(3)  [Section 144 Subsection (3) omitted by No. 108 of 1974, s. 36 ].  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

(4)  [Section 144 Subsection (4) amended by No. 6 of 2003, s. 22, Applied:01 Jul 2003] *[Section 144 Subsection (4) amended by No. 8 of 1961, s. 5 ][Section 144 Subsection (4) amended by No. 108 of 1974, s. 36 ][Section 144 Subsection (4) amended by No. 66 of 1975, s. 6 ][Section 144 Subsection (4) amended by No. 45 of 1986, s. 30 ][Section 144 Subsection (4) amended by No. 10 of 1994, s. 7 and Sched. 2 ]*Rules of court made by the Magistrates Rule Committee for this Act may, without limiting the generality of the committee's powers, make provision as to –

(a) the practice and procedure of justices out of sessions;

(b) the execution of convictions and orders;

(c) the entry of summary judgment upon obligations of a civil nature enforceable as breaches of duty;

(ca) the simple offences and breaches of duty in respect of which a defendant who is served with a summons to answer a complaint of such an offence or breach is, on filing a plea of guilty or not guilty to the charge in the complaint, not required to appear as summoned;

(cb) the practice and procedure relating to the filing of pleas of guilty by defendants to complaints of simple offences and breaches of duty prescribed for the purposes of paragraph (ca) ;

(cc) the issue of summonses to persons who are charged with simple offences and breaches of duty requiring them to appear before justices for the taking of pleas only;

(cd) the hearing and determination in the absence of the defendant of complaints for simple offences and breaches of duty where the defendant has failed to appear as summoned or in accordance with his admission to bail, and the taking at such a hearing of the complaint as admitted, but with a right in the defendant to have the conviction or order then made vacated and the complaint reheard, except where he has filed a plea of guilty before the hearing;