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No. 9 of 1899.
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.
Transmission of documents relating to case.
[cf. No. 41 of 1932, s. 78.]
Power to Attorney General to refer back case to be
(2) Such rules and orders may provide for regulating and prescribing forms to be used, the times for or within which documents must be filed or notices given, the duties of the various officers of the court, the manner in which cases and arguments are to be presented, the assigning of solicitors and counsel as legal aids in or incidental to capital cases, or appeals or cases reserved, the fees and costs to be allowed therefor, and generally for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Ordinance.
(3) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance and to such rules and orders and any other enactment (including any enactment relating to juries) applicable thereto, the practice and procedure in all criminal causes and matters (including trials for treason or misprision of treason) shall be, as nearly as possible, the same as the practice and procedure from time to time and for the time being in force for similar cases in England.
PART II.
PROCEEDINGS PRELIMINARY TO TRIAL.
11.—(1) The following documents, together with a certified copy thereof, shall, as soon as may be after the committal of the accused person, be transmitted by the magistrate to the Crown Solicitor for the use of the Attorney General, that is to say, the information, if any, the warrant of apprehension, if any, the depositions of the witnesses, the documentary exhibits thereto, the statement of the accused person, and the record of his evidence, if any, and the recognizances entered into.
(2) A certified copy of all such documents shall, either at the same time or as soon as possible thereafter, be transmitted by the magistrate to the Registrar for the use of the court.
(3) All exhibits, other than documentary exhibits, shall, unless the magistrate otherwise directs, be taken charge of by the police, and shall be produced by them at the trial.
Referring back of case.
12. If, after the receipt of the documents relating to the case, the Attorney General is of opinion that the accused person should not have been committed for trial but that the case should have been dealt with summarily, the Attorney General