12.Section 393 of the principal enactment is hereby amended, as follows : -
| (a) by the insertion immediately after subsection (6) of that section of the following new subsection : -
| | " (7) Notwithstanding any other provisions contained in this Act, it shall be lawful for the Attorney-General, having regard to the nature of the offence or any other circumstances, in respect of any summary offence-
| | | (a) to forward an indictment directly to the High Court, or |
| (b) to direct fee Magistrate to hold a preliminary inquiry in accordance with the procedure set out in Chapter XV in respect of any offence specified by him where he is of opinion that the evidence recorded at a preliminary inquiry will be necessary for preparing an indictment. and thereupon such offence shall not be triable by a Magistrate's Court."; and |
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| (b) by the renumbering of subsection (7)of that section as subsection (8). |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts