Hong Kong Ordinances

MAGISTRATES ORDINANCE - SECT 7E

Procedure where hearing required

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) Where a notice of prosecution has been filed and served and the defendant
requires a hearing, he shall, by written notice filed in the magistrate's
court in which the notice of prosecution was filed and before the date stated
in the notice of prosecution, so state and shall, in that notice, state
whether he intends to plead guilty or not guilty to the offence. (See Forms
109, 110, 111)

(2) Where a written notice by the defendant mentioned in subsection

(1) is filed, a summons shall be issued under section 8 and the prosecution
shall proceed as if an information had been laid under that section by an
informant deemed to act on behalf of the Secretary for Justice. (Amended L.N.
362 of 1997) (Added 18 of 1984 s. 2)