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(4) At the preparatory hearing the' 'judge may
determine any question of law including any question as to
the admissibility of evidence.
(5) An order or ruling made at or for the purposes of
a preparatory hearing shall also have effect during the
trial after the jury has been empanelled, unless it appears
to the judge that the interests of justice require him to
vary or discharge that order or ruling.
(Cap. 221.)
(6)
A preparatory hearing shall be held in open
court except in so far as the judge orders in accordance
with the Criminal Procedure Ordinance that the proceedings
shall be conducted in a closed court.
(7) Any order made in a preparatory hearing may
specify the time within which it is to be complied.
(8) Any preparatory hearing ordered under this
section may from time to time be adjourned by the judge to
a time and place then appointed.
(9) As far as practical the judge before whom the
preparatory hearing is held shall try the case after the
jury has been empanelled.
Solicitors and counsel to give
notice of appointment.
10. (1) A solicitor who has been appointed to act
for an accused and a counsel who accepts a brief to
represent an accused, in proceedings which have been