DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS ACT 1986 - SECT 7 Principal functions

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS ACT 1986 - SECT 7

7 Principal functions

(1) The principal functions and responsibilities of the Director are--

(a) to institute and conduct, on behalf of the Crown, prosecutions (whether on indictment or summarily) for indictable offences in the Supreme Court and the District Court,

(b) to institute and conduct, on behalf of the Crown, appeals in any court in respect of any such prosecution, and

(c) to conduct, on behalf of the Crown as respondent, any appeal in any court in respect of any such prosecution.

(2) The Director has the same functions as the Attorney General in relation to--

(a) finding a bill of indictment, or determining that no bill of indictment be found, in respect of an indictable offence, in circumstances where the person concerned has been committed for trial,

(b) directing that no further proceedings be taken against a person who has been committed for trial or sentence, and

(c) finding a bill of indictment in respect of an indictable offence, in circumstances where the person concerned has not been committed for trial.