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(1)When a person is charged in a magistrate’s court with an offence to be tried by the High Court, the Director of Public Prosecutions shall file in the magistrate’s court an indictment and a summary of the case signed by him or her or by an officer authorised by him or her in that behalf acting in accordance with his or her general or special instructions.
(2)The summary of the case referred to in subsection (1) shall contain such particulars as are necessary to give the accused person reasonable information as to the nature of the offence with which he or she is charged.
(3)When a person charged with an offence to be tried by the High Court appears before a magistrate and the Director of Public Prosecutions has complied with subsection (1), the magistrate shall—
(a)give the accused person a copy of the indictment together with the summary of the case;
(b)read out the indictment and the summary of the case and explain to the accused person the nature of the accusation against him or her in a language he or she understands and inform him or her that he or she is not required to plead to the indictment;
(c)commit the accused person for trial by the High Court and transmit to the registrar of the High Court copies of the indictment and of the summary of the case.
(4)Where a person granted bail by a magistrates court is committed for trial by the High Court, the bail granted by the magistrates court shall not lapse on the committal of that person.
(5)Subsection (4) shall not be construed as limiting the powers of the High Court to, at any time, cancel bail granted by a magistrates court.
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