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| (1) If after the receipt by him of the certified copy of the record of an inquiry, the Attorney-General is of opinion that the case is one which should be tried upon Indictment before the High Court, an indictment shall be drawn up and when signed in accordance with the provisions of section 162 (3) shall forwarded to and filed in the High Court. |
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| (2) The fact that the indictment has been so signed, forwarded, and filed shall be equivalent to a statement that all conditions required by law to constitute the offence charged and to give such court jurisdiction have been fulfilled in the particular case. |
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| (3) The Attorney-General may, subject to the provisions of this Code relating to the joinder of charges, substitute or include in the indictment any charge in respect of any offence which is disclosed by the evidence taken by the Magistrate, notwithstanding that such charge was not read to the accused by the Magistrate. |
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