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POWER OF MAGISTRATE TO STAY



                                                                   PROCEEDINGS






         A Magistrate has the power to hear and determine



         applications to stop or stay proceedings arising from:




         1. Delay;



         2. Misuse/Manipulation of court procedures;




         3. Entrapment; and




         4. Pre-trial publicity.




          R v Horseferry Road Magistrates' Court, ex p Bennett



         [1994] 1 AC 42
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