6. Section 9 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following new subsection: -
| " (1) An indictment prepared in the manner prescribed by section 178 of the Administration of Justice Law, No. 44 of 1973, shall be transmitted by the Attorney-General to any District Court for trial. He shall at the same time transmit to the court of trial a copy or copies of the indictment for service on the accused person or each of the accused persons who will be tried upon the indictment. The Judge of the Court of trial shall forthwith and at least fourteen days before the day specified for trial serve or cause to be served on the accused person or each of the accused persons, the copy or a copy of the indictment received by him from the Attorney-General.". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts