Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Criminal Law In Ireland-The Prosecution of Crime | BusinessAndLegal.ie

1.  District Court Summons Procedure

A District Court summons is basically an order to appear before the District Court to answer a complaint.

This complaint will have been made by a member of An Garda Siochana and on foot of this complaint a District Court clerk will issue a summons for the attendance of the accused before the District Court to answer the complaint.

The Validity of the Summons

In order for a summons to be valid it must