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Police Law - Tenth Edition

Chapter 2

CHAPTER 2
Elements of criminal procedure

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Initiation of criminal proceedings p 19

The provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, ss 29 and 30 (written charges and requisitions) have been brought into force in relation to the following Magistrates Courts: Barking, Bexley, Brentford, Bromley, Coalville, Croydon, Harrow, Hendon, Knowsley, Loughborough, Melton, Oakham, Redbridge, Richmond St Helens, Waltham Forest, City of Westminster and Wimbledon.

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Service of requisitions or summonses p 21

The Criminal Procedure Rules 2005 have been amended so that a requisition or summons may be served on an individual:

1. by handing it to him or her;
2. by leaving it at the appropriate address for service; or
3. by sending it to that address by first class post or by the equivalent of first class post;

and may be served on a corporation:

1. by handing it to a person holding a senior position in that corporation;
2. by leaving it at the appropriate address for service (i.e. the corporation's principal office in England and Wales, and if there is no readily identifiable principal office then any place in England and Wales where it carries on its activities or business;
3. by sending it to that address by first class pot or the equivalent of first class post.

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The Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004, s 17 has been brought into force [SI 2006/3423].