Service of documents - national proceedings

Guyana

Guyana - Criminal Law Procedure Act 1894 (2012) EN

PART II PROCEEDINGS BEFORE A MAGISTRATE
TITLE 5 – PROCEEDINGS SUBSEQUENT TO COMMITTAL OF ACCUSED PERSON

75. (1) The following documents shall, as soon as may be after the committal of the accused person, be transmitted by the magistrate to the Registrar, that is to say, the information (if any), the depositions of the witnesses, the documentary exhibits thereto, the statement of the accused person, and the recognisances entered into.

(2) A copy of those documents shall at the same time be transmitted by the magistrate to the Director of Public Prosecutions.

(3) All exhibits, other than documentary exhibits, shall, unless the magistrate otherwise directs, be taken charge of by the police, who shall produce them at the trial.

Rome Statute

Article 93 Other forms of cooperation

1. States Parties shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Part and under procedures of national law, comply with requests by the Court to provide the following assistance in relation to investigations or prosecutions:

(d) The service of documents, including judicial documents;

(i) The provision of records and documents, including official records and documents;