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### 641 Application for leave to exhibit information
> > (1) An application for leave to exhibit an information in the nature of quo warranto may be made to the Court or a judge.
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> > (2) In this Division,
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> > > ***relator*** means the person applying for leave to exhibit an information.
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> > (3) An application is to be –
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> > > > (a) made *ex parte*; and
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> > > > (b) accompanied by a draft information.
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> > (4) [*\[Rule 641 Subrule (4) amended by S.R. 2011, No. 26, Applied:20 Apr 2011\]*](/view/html/inforce/2011-04-20/sr-2011-026#GS25@EN) [Rule 623(4)](#GS623@Gs4@EN) and [(5)](#GS623@Gs5@EN) applies to an application under [subrule (1)](#GS641@Gs1@EN) as if [rule 623(5)(a)(iii)](#GS623@Gs5@Hpa@Hqiii@EN) read "the person against whom the order is proposed to be directed".
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> > (5) The Court or judge is to make an order absolute or dismiss the application in the first instance.
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> > (6) An order absolute is to specify the form of the information which may be exhibited by the relator.
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> > (7) Before or after an order has been made absolute, the Court or a judge may allow a new relator to be substituted for the original relator on any terms the Court or judge thinks fit.