(1) The court to which a defendant must be committed for trial under section 184M is as follows:
(a) in respect of any offence that a District Court has jurisdiction to try under section 28A(1)(a), (b), (d), (e), or (f) of the District Courts Act 1947, either—
(i) the District Court exercising that jurisdiction that is nearest to the committing court; or
(ii) any other District Court exercising that jurisdiction that is specified in regulations made under this Act as being a court to which the defendant may be committed for trial (even if not nearest to the committing court):
(b) in respect of any other offence, either—
(i) the High Court at the place where sittings of the court are held that is nearest to the committing court; or
(ii) the High Court at any other place that may be specified in regulations made under this Act as being the place at which sittings of the High Court are conducted and to which the defendant may be committed for trial (even if not nearest to the committing court).
(2) Nothing in this section affects section 28J of the District Courts Act 1947.
Compare: 1957 No 87 s 168A(1)
Section 184N: inserted, on 29 June 2009, by section 12 of the Summary Proceedings Amendment Act (No 2) 2008 (2008 No 41).