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Furthermore as all indictments in this Colony are settled by the
Attorney General, section 6(1) of the Ordinance, which is founded upon .5(1) of the Home Act, has had deleted from it the conclud-
ing words as to payment of the costs of the amendment, and for a similar reason, in 6(5) (c), the words "as to costs and" in the
"A corresponding paragraph of the Home Act, 5(5) (c) have been omitted.
4.
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Section 9 fixes the date of the commencement of the Ordinance
as the 12th day of October, because it is the practice to commit
persons for trial to the Sessions, which are held on the 18th of
each month on or before the 10th day of the month, and accordingly
a date has been inserted in section 9 which will obviate the in-
congruity of prisoners comitted for trial to the same Sessions being subject to different rules as to the form of indictments
against them.
5. Rules 1 and 2 of the First Schedule have not been adopted as
we have no Grand Jury in this Colony and it seemed unnecessary
to adopt rule 3 as it is practically enacted in the body of the
Ordinance by section 5.
6.
Rule 12 has not been adopted as we have no Ordinance corres- ponding with the Children's Act, 1908, in force in this Colony.
7.
Rule 13 seems unnecessary as it has always been the practice
to serve a copy of the indictment on the accused.
8.
With regard to the Appendix to the Rules, it has been found
necessary to alter the numbers of the sections in the headings in
accordance with our local laws.