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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2004 - SECT 29

29 .         Corporation, procedural options

        (1)         This section applies if an accused is a corporation.

        (2)         Irrespective of what offence or offences the prosecution notice alleges, the prosecutor —

            (a)         if he or she is an authorised investigator, must either personally issue a court hearing notice to the accused or apply to a JP or a prescribed court officer for a court hearing notice to be issued to the accused; or

            (b)         if he or she is not an authorised investigator, must apply to a JP or a prescribed court officer for a court hearing notice to be issued to the accused.

        (3)         The JP or prescribed court officer who issues a court hearing notice under this section in relation to a prosecution notice need not have been present when the prosecution notice was signed.



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