9. (1)
section 8 the Registrar shall within 14 days after the
date of the delivery of the indictment to him order a
hearing before a judge, to take place before the jury is
empanelled (in this Ordinance referred to as a "preparatory
hearing").
When an indictment has been filed under
(2) The Registrar shall endorse on or annex to every
indictment and every copy thereof delivered for service a
notice of the preparatory hearing and such notice shall
specify the date for the commencement of the preparatory
hearing.
(3) The purposes of a preparatory hearing include
(a) the identification of issues likely to be
material to the verdict of the jury;
(b)
assisting the jury's comprehension of any such
issues;
(c) the expedition the proceedings before the jury;
and
(d) assisting the judge's management of the
proceedings.
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