Part I Criminal Jurisdiction and Procedure
Offences triable on indictment or summarily
24 Summary trial of information against child or young person for indictable offence.
F1(1)
Where a person under the age of 18 years appears or is brought before a magistrates' court on an information charging him with an indictable offence he shall, subject to sections 51 and 51A of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and to sections 24A and 24B below, be tried summarily.
F2(1A)
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F2(1B)
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F2(2)
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(3)
If on trying a person summarily in pursuance of subsection (1) above the court finds him guilty, it may impose a fine of an amount not exceeding F3£1000 or may exercise the same powers as it could have exercised if he had been found guilty of an offence for which, but for F4section 227(1) of the Sentencing CodeF5, it could have sentenced him to imprisonment for a term not exceeding—
(a)
the maximum term of imprisonment for the offence on conviction on indictment; or
(b)
six months,
whichever is the less.