The court may commit the offender in custody or on bail to the Crown Court for sentence in accordance with section 21(2).
For powers of the court, where it commits a person under subsection (2), also to commit in respect of other offences, see section 20.
For offences in relation to which this section does not apply see sections 17D and 33 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (exclusion in respect of certain offences where value involved is small).
This section applies to a corporation as if—
the corporation were an individual aged 18 or over, and
in subsection (2) the words “in custody or on bail” were omitted.