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the

of

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I have

just

read,

namely,

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an for

order

transferring the proceedings to the court."

seeks substitute to

/subs itute the word, tire-weeds of

the words 'transferring the proceedings

This is a linguistic improvement.

My amendment

transfer' for

to the court?

Clause 4, this amendment seeks to add the

following words 'an order of transfer' after the word

'order'. This amendment is for the sake of convenience

so that in the subsequent clauses of this Bill whenever

the expression 'an order of transfer' appears it shal1

mean an order of transfer made by the magistrate under

section 4 on the application of the Attorney General under

section 3.

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in

Clause 8, this amendment seeks to add the words ` and

accused' after the the

word 'sign'

subclause (1) and the word 'serve on the accused and'

serve

on

after the word 'shall be' in subclause 2. This amendment

makes it clear that when the Attorney General has signed

#finditement against the accused, he must serve him with

and/ind.

a copy.

findictmen

?

the

count

Section 9, this amendment seeks to add the words

'in respect of

or counts to which subsection to

which section 3(1) relates' after the word 'reveal' and it

어

is

necessary

because it

often

happens that an

Kindictment fi

inditeme

rement

than contains more

one

eftane, that is, there count

may be several offences committed by the accused and is

charged with all of them in the same inditement but under/indict.

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