Ask for an adjournment (If undecided) Inform the Court that you wish to plead guilty to the charge Inform the Court that you wish to claim trial to and challenge the charge …
What are some of your options when you’ve been charged in court?Read More
Ask for an adjournment (If undecided) Inform the Court that you wish to plead guilty to the charge Inform the Court that you wish to claim trial to and challenge the charge …
What are some of your options when you’ve been charged in court?Read More
When you are charged in Court, a charge setting out the offence alleged to be committed by you will be read or interpreted to you. The charge must contain sufficient details of the date, time, place, names of the victims and/or the property involved in the offence alleged. Each offence will be …
Traffic Court: The traffic Court hears and tries traffic offences. This includes traffic arrests, traffic Police summonses/notices where there are no offers of compensation (a traffic ticket). Night Courts: These courts function for the convenience of the working public who would otherwise have to …
When an accused person has been formally charged for a criminal offence and he is required to attend Court, his case is generally first presented in a Criminal Mentions Court. Cases are generally grouped in two criminal mentions courts - Court 26 for District Arrest Cases (DACs) and Court 23 for …
The District Courts can generally handle offences where the maximum sentence is 10 years imprisonment or a fine. The District Courts can generally impose a maximum imprisonment term of 7 years, a maximum fine of more than $10,000 and a maximum number of 12 strokes of the can. …
The Magistrates' Courts can handle offences where the maximum sentence is 3 imprisonments or a fine. The Magistrates' Courts can impose a maximum imprisonment term of 2 years or a maximum fine of $10,000. …
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