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Criminal Code Act 1983
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297A No true bill
(1) When a person charged with an indictable offence has been
committed for trial and it is not intended to put him on his trial a
Crown Law Officer shall:
(a) issue a certificate to that effect; and
(b) deliver it to the person committed:
(i) if the person is not in custody, by giving it to him
personally or sending it by post to his last known
address; or
(ii) if the person is in custody, by sending it by post or giving
it to the person who has custody of him.
(2) If the committed person has been released on bail, upon the issue
of the certificate, the bail undertaking and any conditions of bail
shall cease to have effect and any security or money deposited
thereunder shall be returned to the person who deposited it.
(3) If the committed person has not been released on bail, upon the
delivery of the certificate, the warrant of commitment shall cease to
have effect.