appropriate that it be transferred to the High Court.
5.
Clause 5 provides that where the Attorney General
has made an application under section 3 the magistrate must
order the transfer of the proceedings to the High Court and
sets out the procedure to be followed in making such an
order.
6. Clause 6 deals with the question of the detention
or bail of the accused pending his appearance at a
preparatory hearing.
7. Clause 7 requires the Attorney General to prefer
an indictment against the accused within 7 days of the
making of the order of transfer or within such longer
period as may be allowed by the judge.
8. Clause 8 requires the indictment to be delivered
to the Registrar and filed in the High Court.
9. Clause 9 provides for a preparatory hearing to be
held before a judge, who as far as practical will be the
judge who is to try the case before the jury, in order to
determine points of law and clarify issues for the jury.
Orders and rulings made by the judge at the preparatory
hearing continue to have effect at the trial after the jury
has been empanelled except to the extent that they are
discharged or varied by the judge.
10. Clause 10 provides that solicitors and counsel
appointed to act for or represent an accused must notify
the Registrar of their appointments and may not then
withdraw from the proceedings without the leave of the
court.
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