before the High Court on the day specified by the Registrar under section 9 for the commencement of the preparatory
hearing.
(3) If a magistrate orders that the accused be kept.
in custody under this section he shall inform him of his
right to apply to a judge for bail.
(Cap. 227.)
(4) In subsection (2) "return day" means the day
appointed as such under section 80A (1) or (2) of the
Magistrates Ordinance or a day to which proceedings are
adjourned under section 80B (6) thereof.
Preferrment of indictment.
7. (1) Where proceedings have been transferred to
the court under section 5, the Attorney General shall,
unless he delivers a nolle prosequi, sign and deliver to
the Registrar an indictment setting forth the count or
counts preferred in the name of Her Majesty against the
accused.
(2) Such indictment shall be delivered to the
Registrar within 7 days after the date of the making of the
order of transfer or within such further period as may be
allowed by the judge on application made by or on behalf of
the Attorney General.
Filing of indictment.
8. Every indictment, when signed, shall be brought
to the Registrar's office and shall be filed by him in the
court.
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