126Signing of indictments

#### 126 Signing of indictments 126 Signing of indictments > > (1) An indictment shall be signed— > > > > > (a) by the Attorney General, the Solicitor General or the Director of Public Prosecutions, or > > > > > (b) for and on behalf of the Attorney General or the Director of Public Prosecutions by— > > > > > > > (i) a Crown Prosecutor, > > > > > > > (ii) a Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, or > > > > > > > (iii) a person authorised under subsection (2) to sign indictments. > > > (2) The Director of Public Prosecutions may, by order in writing, authorise a person to sign indictments for and on behalf of the Director. > > > (3) It shall be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that an indictment signed by a person for and on behalf of the Attorney General or the Director of Public Prosecutions was signed by a person authorised to do so. > > > (4) A certificate signed by the Director of Public Prosecutions to the effect that a specified person was authorised during a specified period to sign indictments for and on behalf of the Director is admissible in evidence in any legal proceedings and is evidence of the matters certified. > > **s 126 (previously s 50):** Renumbered 2001 No 119, Sch 1 \[51\].