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Special provisions for summary offences.
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51.—(1) A warrant for the arrest of a person accused of an offence which under the law of the place concerned is a summary offence, whether or not it is also an indictable offence, shall not be endorsed under this Part unless—
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(a) he has failed to appear in answer to a summons requiring his presence before a court in that place for the trial of the offence and, not less than fourteen days before the date named in the summons for his appearance, the summons was served on him personally in that place or a notice of the issue of the summons, together with a copy of the summons, was served on him personally by a member of the Garda Síochána, or
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(b) having entered into a recognisance or bail bond for his appearance before a court in that place for the trial of the offence, he has failed to appear in pursuance of the recognisance or bail bond, or
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(c) having appeared before a court in that place for the trial of the offence, he has subsequently failed to appear on any date to which proceedings were adjourned.
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(2) (a) A notice under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) shall be signed by a member of the Garda Síochána not below the rank of inspector.
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(b) The notice shall be served by delivering to the accused a copy of the notice.
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(c) A statutory declaration of service, endorsed upon the back of the original notice, shall be evidence of service.
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(3) In this section, “trial” includes any proceedings in connection with the offence.
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