26 Oct 2006
GENERAL DISTRIBUTORS V MANUKAU DISTRICT COURT HC AK CIV-2005-404-6263
- Citation
- openlaw-d2b48e8d_6969_4403_8d63_3bd9189e5335.pdf
- Court
- High Court
s43A of the Summary Proceedings Act must be read purposively and authorises the Court to amend an information by substituting the particulars of a defendant, including substitution of a different legal person where the particulars do not correctly identify the person who committed the offence; the 12 month limit in s43A(3) contemplates such substitutions and prevents circumvention only where amendment would cause prejudice; s55(3) HSEA is narrower and allows only correction of the actual name of the same defendant, not substitution of a different defendant; on the facts the District Court val…