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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2009 - SECT 253 Abolition of grand jury procedure

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2009 - SECT 253

Abolition of grand jury procedure

The common law procedure of calling a grand jury to determine, on evidence called by the applicant for a grand jury, whether a person charged with an indictable offence ought to be put on trial before an ordinary jury is abolished.    

Note

Chapter 8 contains general provisions that apply to all criminal proceedings.

Ch. 5 Pt 5.8 Div. 4 (Heading and ss 253A , 253B) inserted by No. 30/2010 s. 62.

Division 4—Procedure on guilty plea or guilty verdict

S. 253A inserted by No. 30/2010 s. 62.