New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1986 - SECT 47

47 Commencement of committal proceedings by court attendance notice

(1) Committal proceedings for an offence are to be commenced by the issue and filing of a court attendance notice in accordance with this Division.

(2) A court attendance notice may be issued in respect of a person if the person has committed or is suspected of having committed an offence.

(3) A court attendance notice may be issued in respect of any offence for which proceedings may be taken in this State, including an offence committed elsewhere than in this State.

(4) Nothing in this Part affects any law or practice relating to indictments presented or filed in the Supreme Court or the District Court by the Attorney General or the Director of Public Prosecutions.

(5) If an Act or a statutory rule provides for committal proceedings to be commenced otherwise than by issuing and filing a court attendance notice, the proceedings may be commenced in accordance with this Act.