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Magistrates Court Act 1930
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28 Power of court to amend information
(1) If at the hearing of any information or summons any objection is taken
to an alleged defect in it in substance or form or if objection is taken
to any variance between the information or summons and the
evidence adduced at the hearing of it, the court may make any
amendment in the information or summons that appears to it to be
desirable or to be necessary to enable the real question in dispute to
be decided.
(2) The court must not make an amendment under subsection (1) if it
considers that the amendment cannot be made without injustice to the