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Indictments Act 1915

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Material, &c. for indictments.

1(1)An indictment may be on parchment or durable paper, and may be either written or printed, or partly written and partly printed.

(2)Each sheet on which an indictment is set out shall be not more than 12 aod not less than 6 inches in length, and not more that 14 and not less than 12 inches in width, and if more than one sheet is required, the sheets shall be fastened together in book form.

(3)A proper margin not less than 3 inches in width shall be kept on the left-hand side of each sheet.

(4)Figures and abbreviations may be used in an indictment for expressing anything which is commonly expressed thereby.

(5)There shall be endorsed on the back of an indictment the name of every witness examined or intended to be examined by the grand jury, and the foreman of the grand jury shall write his initials against the name of each witness so examined.

(6)An indictment shall not be open to objection by reason only of any failure to comply with this rule.

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