Part 2 Procedure for Trial on Indictment
Proceedings for indictment of offenders
4.(1) Subject to this section, a bill of indictment charging any person with an indictable offence may be preferred by any person before the High Court, and where a bill of indictment has been so preferred, the Registrar shall, if he is satisfied that the requirements of subsection (2) have been complied with, sign the bill, and it shall thereupon become an indictment and be proceeded with accordingly.
Provided that if a Judge is satisfied that the said requirements have been complied with, he may, on the application of the prosecutor or of his own motion, direct the Registrar to sign the bill and the bill shall be signed accordingly.
(2) Subject as hereinafter provided, no bill of indictment charging any person with an indictable offence shall be preferred unless either
(a) the person charged has been committed for trial or sentence for the offence; or
(b) the bill is preferred by the direction or with the consent of a Judge or pursuant to directions given under section 11 of the Perjury Act, Cap. 142.
(3) Where the person charged has been committed for trial, the bill of indictment may include, either in substitution for or in addition to counts charging the offence for which he was committed, any counts founded on facts or evidence disclosed in any examination or deposition taken before a magistrate in his presence, being counts which may lawfully be joined in the same indictment.
(4) A charge of a previous conviction of an offence or of being a habitual criminal may, notwithstanding that it was not included in the committal or in any such direction or consent mentioned in subsection (2), be included in any bill of indictment.
(5) Where a bill of indictment preferred otherwise than in accordance with subsections (2) to (4) has been signed by the Registrar, the indictment shall be liable to be quashed
Provided that
(a) if the bill contains several counts, and the said provisions have been complied with as respects one or more of them, those counts only that were wrongly included shall be quashed under this subsection; and
(b) where a person who has been committed for trial is convicted on any indictment or any count of an indictment, that indictment or count shall not be quashed under this subsection in any proceedings on appeal unless application was made at the trial that it should be so quashed.
(6) The reference in subsection (3) to facts or evidence disclosed in any examination or deposition taken before a magistrate in the presence of the person charged shall be construed as including a reference to facts disclosed in any written statement tendered under section 25B of the Magistrates Jurisdiction and Procedure Act, Cap. 116.
Part 1 Extradition to Other States
Surrender of Fugitive
Article 22 Requisition from Commonwealth country
A requisition for the surrender of a fugitive to a Commonwealth country who is or is suspected to be in or be arriving in Barbados may be made to the Attorney General
(a) by any person resident in Barbados who is recognised by the Minister responsible for Foreign Affairs as a consular officer of that Commonwealth country,
(b) by the head of state, head of government or any Minister of the Government of the Commonwealth country who communicates with the Attorney General through the diplomatic representative of Barbados in or for that Commonwealth country,
(c) by such other person or in such other manner as may be approved by the Attorney General when it is not convenient for any person described in paragraph (a) or (b) to make the requisition.
Part 1 Extradition to Other States
Surrender of Fugitive
Article 23 Requisition from foreign state
A requisition for the surrender of a fugitive to a foreign state who is or is suspected to be in Barbados may be made to the Attorney General
(a) by any person resident in Barbados who is recognised by the Minister responsible for Foreign Affairs as a consular officer of that foreign state,
(b) by any minister of the foreign state who communicates with the Attorney General through the diplomatic representatives of Barbados in or for that foreign state, or
(c) by such other person or by such other means as may be settled by arrangement, when neither the person nor means described in paragraph (a) or (b) can be conveniently used
1. A State Party which has received a request for provisional arrest or for arrest and surrender shall immediately take steps to arrest the person in question in accordance with its laws and the provisions of Part 9.
2. A person arrested shall be brought promptly before the competent judicial authority in the custodial State which shall determine, in accordance with the law of that State, that:
(a) The warrant applies to that person;
(b) The person has been arrested in accordance with the proper process; and
(c) The person's rights have been respected.
3. The person arrested shall have the right to apply to the competent authority in the custodial State for interim release pending surrender.
4. In reaching a decision on any such application, the competent authority in the custodial State shall consider whether, given the gravity of the alleged crimes, there are urgent and exceptional circumstances to justify interim release and whether necessary safeguards exist to ensure that the custodial State can fulfil its duty to surrender the person to the Court. It shall not be open to the competent authority of the custodial State to consider whether the warrant of arrest was properly issued in accordance with article 58, paragraph 1 (a) and (b).
5. The Pre-Trial Chamber shall be notified of any request for interim release and shall make recommendations to the competent authority in the custodial State. The competent authority in the custodial State shall give full consideration to such recommendations, including any recommendations on measures to prevent the escape of the person, before rendering its decision.
6. If the person is granted interim release, the Pre-Trial Chamber may request periodic reports on the status of the interim release.
7. Once ordered to be surrendered by the custodial State, the person shall be delivered to the Court as soon as possible.
1. The Court may transmit a request for the arrest and surrender of a person, together with the material supporting the request outlined in article 91, to any State on the territory of which that person may be found and shall request the cooperation of that State in the arrest and surrender of such a person. States Parties shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Part and the procedure under their national law, comply with requests for arrest and surrender.