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(2) When consent is given as in subsection (1) and an outstanding
offence is taken into consideration, the Court shall enter or cause
an entry to that effect to be made on the record and upon sentence
being pronounced the accused shall not, unless the conviction
which has been had is set aside, be liable to be charged or tried
in respect of any such offence so taken into consideration.
Charges to be in forms in Second Schedule
172. (1) All charges upon which persons are tried before the
High Court shall be brought in the name of the Public Prosecutor,
and be as nearly as possible in accordance with the forms in the
Second Schedule and shall be signed by the Public Prosecutor
or by some person authorized by him in that behalf, and in the
latter case the words “By authority of the Public Prosecutor”
shall be prefixed to the signature.
(2) The proceedings shall not abate or determine by reason of
the death or removal from office of the Public Prosecutor.
Chapter XVIIIa
PRE-TRIAL PROCESSES
Pre-trial conference
172a. (1) An accused who is charged with an offence and claims
to be tried shall, by an advocate representing him, participate in a
pre-trial conference with the prosecution before the commencement
of the case management.
(2) A pre-trial conference shall commence within thirty days
from the date the accused was charged in court or any reasonable
time before the commencement of the case management.
(3) A pre-trial conference may be conducted by any means and
at any venue as may be agreed upon by the advocate representing
the accused and the prosecution.