Sec. 6 CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT, 1951

Inclusion of summary offences in indictment.

Inclusion of summary offences in indictment.

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6.—Where a person is sent forward for trial for an indictable offence, the indictment may contain a count for having committed any offence triable summarily (in this section referred to as a summary offence) with which he has been charged and which arises out of the same set of facts and, if found guilty on that count, he may be sentenced to suffer any punishment which could be inflicted on a person summarily convicted of the summary offence.

← Imposition of consecutive terms of imprisonment by District Court. CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT, 1951 Restriction of section 10 (4) of Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851. →