28 Feb 1978
SONCA INDUSTRIES LTD v. THE QUEEN
- Citation
- SONCA INDUSTRIES LTD v. THE QUEEN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACC1342/1977
The amendment to the summons was a nullity because the magistrate did not comply with the statutory requirement in s.27(2) to read and explain the amended charge in open court; handing a written copy to the appellant's solicitor without reading and explaining it did not satisfy the mandatory procedural requirement, so the conviction could not stand and was quashed.