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Complaint

see R. v. Norton, (1910) 2 KB 496. Means any allegation made orally or in writing to a Magistrate, with a view to his taking action under this Code, that some person, whether known or unknown, has

Institution of a case

be instituted in a court only when the court takes cognizance of the offence alleged therein. When a Magistrate takes cognizance of an offence upon receiving a complaint of facts which constitutes such offence a case is

Under the provisions hereinbefore contained

Under the provisions hereinbefore contained, means if the magistrate comes to the conclusion that the accused ought to be committee for trial, he shall commit in accordance

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Discharge

be no order of discharge unless the evidence of all the prosecution witnesses has been taken and the Magistrate considers for reasons to be recorded, in the light of the evidence, that no case has been made

Local jurisdiction

Local jurisdiction, in relation to a court or Magistrate, means the local area within which the Court or Magistrate may exercise all or any of its or

Metropolitan Police Magistrates

Metropolitan Police Magistrates. There are 25 salaried Metropolitan Police Magistrates (maximum 27) appointed by the Crown to execute the duties of

bind over

jury in felony cases, a case will be bound over to the grand jury if the judge or magistrate finds at the preliminary hearing that there is probable cause to believe that the defendant committed the crime.

Protection order

Violence Act, 2005, s. 2(o)] Protection Order. 1. A wife deserted by her husband may obtain from a magistrate or the Divorce Court an order to protect property acquired and to be acquired by her since desertion,

Reeve

a steward or bailiff. See DYKE-REEVE; FIELD-REEVE. A ministerial officer of high rank having local jurisdiction, the chief magistrate of a hundred, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1284. Reeve, means a ministerial officer of high rank

Trial

Mundhara, 1974 Cal WN 929. Means the proceedings which commences when the case is called on with the Magistrate on the bench, the accused in the dock and the representative of the prosecution and defence, if the

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