Criminal Procedure Code 2010 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 13 · General Provisions Relating to Proceedings in Courts
256B. Personal attendance of person subject to proceedings under this Division may be dispensed with
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Subject to subsection (2), in any court proceedings under this Division, the court may dispense with the attendance of a person subject to those proceedings if the court is satisfied that it would be in the interests of justice to do so in light of the person’s state of mind or physical or mental condition.
subject
“subject” means a person who enters into a DPA with the Public Prosecutor.
Subsection (1) does not apply to any proceedings under this Division in which the person is required to be produced before the court.
court
“court” means the Court of Appeal, the General Division of the High Court, a Family Court, a Youth Court, a District Court or a Magistrate’s Court (as the case may be) which exercises criminal jurisdiction;