Read the full judgment text of HCCC 000042/1975 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. The Attorney General applies ex parte under s.24A(1)(b) of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance for consent to the preferring of an indictment containing one count of arson. The person against whom the indictment is to be preferred was charged before a magistrate and committed for trial, but it is said that the magistrate erred in failing to comply with the provisions of s.82(3) of the Magistrates Ordinance and that in consequence the committal was a nullity. The record of the proceedings in the