CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2004 - SECT 90

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2004 - SECT 90

90 .         Staying prosecution permanently

        (1)         A superior court to which an accused is committed on a charge or in which an accused is indicted on a charge may at any time order that the prosecution of the charge be stayed permanently, if it is in the interests of justice to do so.

        (2)         On making such an order the court —

            (a)         may discharge the jury, if any, from giving its verdict on the charge; and

            (b)         may discharge the accused from the charge; and

            (c)         may make any orders it thinks fit, including orders as to bail and orders under Schedule 4, to ensure the accused and any witness are amenable to justice until —

                  (i)         the time for appealing against the stay order has expired; and

                  (ii)         any appeal against the stay order is concluded.