Criminal Procedure Code 2010 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · The Charge
130. Stay of proceedings if altered or new charge requires Public Prosecutor’s consent
Feedback & supportIf the offence stated in the altered or new charge is one that requires the Public Prosecutor’s consent under section 10(1), then the trial must not proceed before the consent is obtained, unless it has already been obtained for a prosecution on the same facts as those on which the altered or new charge is based.
If consent for the prosecution is or has been obtained, all evidence previously admitted by the court in the trial is deemed to have been admitted in evidence in the trial of the altered or new charge.
court
“court” means the Court of Appeal, the General Division of the High Court, a Family Court, a Youth Court, a District Court or a Magistrate’s Court (as the case may be) which exercises criminal jurisdiction;