Hong Kong Ordinances

MAGISTRATES ORDINANCE - SECT 18C

Non-appearance of either party

(1) Where at the hearing neither the complainant or informant nor the
defendant appears, the magistrate may-

   (a)  dismiss the information or complaint; or

   (b)  adjourn the hearing under section 20.

(2) Where a complaint or information is dismissed under subsection

(1), such dismissal shall not operate as a bar to any subsequent proceedings
against the defendant in the same matter. (Added 36 of 1976 s. 5)