Criminal Procedure
(1988 Ed.
(2) Where a person charged with an indictable offence has been committed for trial, the indictment against him may include, either in substitution for or in addition to counts charging the offence for which he was committed, any counts founded on facts or evidence disclosed in any depositions or in any written statements admitted in evidence under section 81A of the Magistrates Ordinance (Cap 227), being counts which may lawfully be joined in the same indictment. (Amended, 34 of 1972, s. 5)
Joint trial of indictments
(Added, 5 of 1971, s. 4) [cf. U.K. 1933 c. 36, s. 2(2)]
24B. Where 2 or more indictments each contain any one count alleging the same particulars, other than the names of the persons concerned in the commission of the offence, the court may, on the application of the Attorney General, order that such indictments be tried together.
Savings and interpretation
(Added, 61 of 1971, s. 2)
25. (1) Nothing in sections 18 and 23 or the rules made under section 9 shall affect the law or practice relating to the jurisdiction of a court or the place where an accused person can be tried, nor prejudice or diminish in any respect the obligation to establish by evidence according to law any acts, omissions or intentions which are legally necessary to constitute the offence with which the person accused is charged, nor otherwise affect the laws of evidence in criminal
(Amended, 35 of 1976, s. 8)
cases.
(2) In section 23 and this section "the court" means the court before which any indictable offence is tried or prosecuted.
(17 of 1919, s. 7, incorporated.
Filing of indictment
Amended, 20 of 1948, s. 4) [cf. U.K. 1915 c. 90, s. 8]
Filing and service of indictment
26. Every indictment, when so signed as aforesaid, shall be brought to the Registrar's office and shall be filed by him in the court.
Endorsement of notice of trial
27. (1) The Registrar shall endorse on or annex to every indictment and every copy thereof delivered for service a notice of trial, and such notice shall specify the date on which the accused person shall attend before the court to answer to the indictment. (Amended, 63 of 1971, s. 4)
(2) The notice may be in Form 4 in the First Schedule or as near thereto as circumstances will admit. (Amended, 50 of 1911, s. 4 and 8 of 1912, s. 52)
Delivery of copies of the indictment for service and for information
28. The Registrar shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the bailiff, for service on the accused person, a copy of the indictment, with the notice of trial endorsed on the same or annexed thereto; and, if there are more accused