49Transmission of deposition

49 Transmission of deposition

(1)  If a defendant is committed for trial or for sentence, the clerk, without delay, is to –

(a) transmit to the Director of Public Prosecutions the following documents:

(i) the complaint with the committal order enclosed;

(ii) any depositions taken under the Act;

(iii) all recognisances taken in the matter;

(iv) a list of the witnesses who have been bound over to attend the trial conditionally;

(v) the documents and articles produced in evidence and retained by the justice;

(vi) a list of the exhibits produced in evidence;

(vii) a minute of the order certified by the clerk; and

(b) transmit to the Registrar of the Supreme Court a certified copy of the following documents:

(i) the complaint with committal order enclosed;

(ii) any order relating to bail;

(iii) any recognisances taken in the matter.

(2)  The defendant is entitled to receive copies of the complaint, depositions and the order of committal or discharge –

(a) from the person who has custody of those documents; and

(b) at any time after all the depositions have been taken.