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1988 Ed.]

Complex Commercial Crimes

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CHAPTER 394

COMPLEX COMMERCIAL CRIMES

To make provision for the trial of complex commercial crimes.

Originally 57 of 1988

PART I

PRELIMINARY

[8 July 1988]

Short title

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Complex Commercial Crimes Ordinance.

Interpretation

2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires

"court" means the High Court of Justice acting in the exercise of its criminal

jurisdiction;

"defence response" has the meaning given to it in section 16;

"judge" means a judge or a deputy judge of the court;

"order of transfer" means an order made under section 4 transferring proceedings to the court;

"preparatory hearing" means a preparatory hearing under Part III;

"prosecution case statement" has the meaning given to it in section 13;

"Registrar" means the Registrar of the Supreme Court.

PART II

TRANSFER TO HIGH COURT

Application for transfer

3. (1) Where

(a) a person is accused before a magistrate of an indictable offence; and

(b) the Attorney General is of the opinion that the evidence of the

offence

(i) would be sufficient for the accused to be committed for trial; and