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Justices Act 1959
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### 32 Process on complaint
> *\[Section 32 Amended by No. 8 of 1961, s. 3 \]*When complaint is made to a justice he may –
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> > > (a) issue a summons to the person complained against;
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> > > (b) where the complaint is –
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> > > > > (i) that a person has committed or is accessory to having committed an indictable offence within the State;
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> > > > > (ii) that a person charged with having committed or with being suspected of having committed an indictable offence on the high seas or in any creek, harbour, haven, or other place in which the Admiralty of England has and claims to have jurisdiction or on land outside the State, of which offence cognizance may be taken by the Supreme Court, is suspected of being within the State; or
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> > > > > (iii) that a person has committed a simple offence the matter whereof is substantiated before him on oath –
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> > > issue his warrant for the apprehension of the person complained against; or
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> > > (c) where the person complained against is imprisoned for any other cause, issue his warrant to the gaoler to bring up the body of that person as often as is required for the proceedings upon the complaint, and the gaoler shall obey the warrant.