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Magistrates Court Act 1930
116GProcedure if defendant does not plead
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116G Procedure if defendant does not plead
If—
(a) a summons has been served in accordance with section 116B;
and
(i) the defendant does not enter a plea of guilty in accordance
with section 116D or return the notice of intention to
defend form to the registrar before the day when the
defendant is required by the summons to appear before the
court, and does not appear before the court at the time and
place specified in the summons; or
(ii) the defendant does not appear before the court at the time
and place specified in the notice given to the defendant in
accordance with section 116F or fixed by the court in
accordance with section 116FA; and
(c) the court is satisfied—
(i) that the matters alleged in the summons are reasonably
sufficient to inform the defendant of the offence alleged
against the defendant; and
(ii) that the matters alleged in the summons constitute the
offence charged in the summons;
the court may convict the defendant of the offence charged in the