sec.64Change of trial from Supreme Court to District Court

### sec.64 Change of trial from Supreme Court to District Court When a person has been committed for trial or sentence to the Supreme Court or has been indicted in any such court for an offence triable in the District Court any District Court judge if so requested by the Chief Justice may try or sentence such person and for that purpose shall have the same powers and jurisdiction as if the committal had been to or the indictment had been presented in the District Court. The request of the Chief Justice may be made in respect of a particular case or cases or in respect of specified categories of cases. When a person has been committed for trial to the District Court or has been indicted in the District Court any judge of the Supreme Court shall have the same powers and jurisdiction to try such person as if the committal had been to or the indictment presented in the Supreme Court. s 64 amd 2002 No. 34 s 10 sch 1 (sec.64-ssec.1) When a person has been committed for trial or sentence to the Supreme Court or has been indicted in any such court for an offence triable in the District Court any District Court judge if so requested by the Chief Justice may try or sentence such person and for that purpose shall have the same powers and jurisdiction as if the committal had been to or the indictment had been presented in the District Court. (sec.64-ssec.2) The request of the Chief Justice may be made in respect of a particular case or cases or in respect of specified categories of cases. (sec.64-ssec.3) When a person has been committed for trial to the District Court or has been indicted in the District Court any judge of the Supreme Court shall have the same powers and jurisdiction to try such person as if the committal had been to or the indictment presented in the Supreme Court.