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.
1. El Estado Parte que haya recibido una solicitud de detención provisional o de detención y entrega tomará inmediatamente las medidas necesarias para la detención de conformidad con su derecho interno y con lo dispuesto en la Parte IX del presente Estatuto.
2. El detenido será llevado sin demora ante la autoridad judicial competente del Estado de detención, que determinará si, de conformidad con el derecho de ese Estado:
(a) La orden le es aplicable;
(b) La detención se llevó a cabo conforme a derecho; y
(c) Se han respetado los derechos del detenido.
3. El detenido tendrá derecho a solicitar de la autoridad competente del Estado de detención la libertad provisional antes de su entrega.
4. Al decidir la solicitud, la autoridad competente del Estado de detención examinará si, dada la gravedad de los presuntos crímenes, hay circunstancias urgentes y excepcionales que justifiquen la libertad provisional y si existen las salvaguardias necesarias para que el Estado de detención pueda cumplir su obligación de entregar la persona a la Corte. Esa autoridad no podrá examinar si la orden de detención fue dictada conforme a derecho con arreglo a los apartados (a) y (b) del párrafo 1 del artículo 58.
5. La solicitud de libertad provisional será notificada a la Sala de Cuestiones Preliminares, que hará recomendaciones a la autoridad competente del Estado de detención. Antes de adoptar su decisión, la autoridad competente del Estado de detención tendrá plenamente en cuenta esas recomendaciones, incluidas las relativas a medidas para impedir la evasión de la persona.
6. De concederse la libertad provisional, la Sala de Cuestiones Preliminares podrá solicitar informes periódicos al respecto.
7. Una vez que el Estado de detención haya ordenado la entrega, el detenido será puesto a disposición de la Corte tan pronto como sea posible.
1. La Corte podrá transmitir, junto con los antecedentes que la justifiquen de conformidad con el artículo 91, una solicitud de detención y entrega de una persona a todo Estado en cuyo territorio pueda hallarse y solicitará la cooperación de ese Estado. Los Estados Partes cumplirán las solicitudes de detención y entrega de conformidad con las disposiciones de la presente parte y el procedimiento establecido en su derecho interno.