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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2004 - SECT 40

40 .         Either way charges

        (1)         This section applies if the charge is an either way charge.

        (2)         If The Criminal Code section 5 applies to the charge, the court must give the prosecutor and the accused an opportunity to apply under that section for the charge to be tried on indictment.

        (3)         If the court decides that the charge is to be tried on indictment, the court must proceed in accordance with section 41.

        (4)         If the charge is to be tried summarily, the court must deal with the charge summarily under Division 6 and may do so —

            (a)         with the consent of the prosecutor and the accused, immediately; or

            (b)         otherwise, on a later date.



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