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| (1) Proceedings in a Magistrate's Court may be instituted in one of the following ways:
| | (a) on a complaint being made orally or in writing to the Magistrate that an offence has been committed which he has jurisdiction to try: | | |
| | (b) on a written report to the like effect being made to the Magistrate by a police officer, an inquirer, an officer of a local authority, or by a State officer; or | | |
| | (c) on any person being brought before the Magistrate in custody without process, accused of having committed an offence which he has jurisdiction to try; or | | |
| | (d) upon a warrant under the hand of the Director of Public Prosecutions requiring the Magistrate to try the person named therein: or | | |
| | (e) on a written complaint made by a court. | | |
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| (2) Every complaint, report or warrant made under this section shall be accompanied by a statement specifying to the best of the 'knowledge of the person "making it the names of the witnesses whose evidence is relied on in support of the complaint, report or warrant, and a list of all weapons or other articles, impressions and specimens which it may be necessary to produce at the trial which may be held in pursuance of the complaint, report or warrant; |
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| (3) Where the person bringing an accused person before a Magistrate under paragraph (c) does not himself make a complaint against the accused person, he shall deliver to the Magistrate an affidavit by the person making the complaint in which shall be set out the facts complained of. |
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