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Criminal Procedure Act 2009
127CEarly committal—if multiple accused are each charged with applicable offence
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127C Early committal—if multiple accused are each charged with applicable offence
(a) the committal proceeding is being conducted jointly with another; and
(b) the accused in each of the committal proceedings is charged with an applicable offence; and
(c) in each of the committal proceedings, a hand-up brief has been served on the accused and filed with the registrar.
(2) The Magistrates' Court must commit the accused for trial in the Supreme Court in accordance with section 144.
Section 125(1)(a) provides for the Magistrates' Court to determine a committal proceeding in accordance with this section at a committal mention hearing.
S. 127D inserted by No. 5/2025 s. 29.