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Consent of Director of Public Prosecutions to summary disposal of certain offences.
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8.—Section 2 of the Act of 1951 (amended by section 19 of the Act of 1967) is hereby amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):
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“(2) The District Court may try summarily a person charged with a scheduled offence if—
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(a) the Court is of opinion that the facts proved or alleged constitute a minor offence fit to be tried summarily,
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(b) the accused, on being informed by the Court of his right to be tried with a jury, does not object to being tried summarily, and
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(c) the Director of Public Prosecutions consents to the accused being tried summarily for such offence.”.
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