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Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules) (Amendment) 1999
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- 1999 No. 78 (S. 2)
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This Act of Adjournal amends the Criminal Procedure Rules by—
(a)providing procedures applicable in relation to joint applications, and hearings on applications, to extend the period of twelve months within which a trial is to be commenced in solemn proceedings; and
(b)expressly providing that a prosecutor who has been given leave to serve a notice fixing a new trial diet in such proceedings has the option of serving a fresh indictment and in relation to that fresh indictment of amending the charges if he so wishes (though a restriction is imposed as regards the new lists of witnesses and of productions).
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