Section 122: Appearance by counsel or solicitor.

Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 · 1980 c.43

Part VII: Miscellaneous and Supplementary

122(1)

A party to any proceedings before a magistrates' court may be represented by a legal representative.

122(2)

Subject to subsection(3) below, an absent party so represented shall be deemed not to be absent.

122(3)

Appearance of a party by a legal representative shall not satisfy any provision of any enactment or any condition of a recognizance expressly requiring his presence.

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