(1)Whenever the Public Prosecutor is of the opinion that a criminal offence is disclosed by the record and that further proceedings should be taken against the accused and that the evidence taken is sufficient to afford a foundation for a full and proper trial, he shall, by his fiat in writing signed by himself, designate the court, whether the High Court, a District Court or a Magistrate’s Court, before which the case shall be placed for trial and shall order the record of the case to be transmitted to the court so designated.
Section history
Section 201 — Public Prosecutor may by fiat designate court of trial when criminal offence disclosed
As in force on 2 January 2011.
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(2)Such fiat shall be filed with and form part of the record of the case.