CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND EVIDENCE ACT
PART II
PROSECUTION ON BEHALF OF STATE
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Delegation of functions by Prosecutor-General.
National Director of Public Prosecutions.
Change of prosecutor.
Power to stop public prosecutions.
Prosecutions for contempt of court proceedings.
Power of ordering liberation of persons committed for further examination or trial.
Functions of local public prosecutor.
Publication of principles on which decisions to prosecute are based.
PART III
PRIVATE PROSECUTIONS
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Interpretation in Part III.
Private prosecution on refusal of Prosecutor-General to prosecute.
What other persons entitled to prosecute.
Private prosecutor may apply to court for warrant.
Certificate of Prosecutor-General that he or she declines to prosecute.
Private prosecutor may be ordered to give security for costs.
Failure of private prosecutor to appear on appointed day.
Mode of conducting private prosecutions.
Competency of Prosecutor-General to take up and conduct prosecution at public instance.
21. Deposit of money by private prosecutor.
22. Costs of private prosecution.
PART IV
PRESCRIPTION OF OFFENCES
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PART V
ARRESTS
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A. Without warrant
Arrest and verbal order to arrest.
Arrest without warrant by peace officer or other officer.
Power of peace officer to call for name and address of certain persons.
Arrest by private person for certain offences committed in his presence.
Arrest by private persons of persons fighting in public places.
Owners of property may arrest in certain cases.
Arrest by private person for certain offences on reasonable suspicion.
Arrest of persons offering stolen property for sale.
Arrest by persons in charge of ship, boat or aircraft.
Procedure after arrest without warrant.
B. With warrant
Warrant of arrest by judge, magistrate or justice.
Execution of warrant.
Arrest on wireless or telegraphic transmission of warrant.
Arresting wrong person.
Irregular warrant or process.
Tenor of warrant.
C. General
39. Assistance by private persons called on by officers of the law.
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