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Where charge appears to be one proper for indictment
Cap. 99, s. 51 · Revised Edition 2020
If on the hearing of a complaint it appears to the court that the cause ought to be tried on indictment before the Supreme Court, or if the Director of Public Prosecutions intimates to the court his opinion in writing to that effect, all further proceedings in the cause as for a summary conviction offence shall be stayed, and depositions shall be taken, and the cause shall in all other respects be dealt with as if the charge had been originally one for a crime.
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