New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1986 - SECT 8

8 Prosecution of indictable offences

(1) All offences shall be punishable by information (to be called an indictment) in the Supreme Court or the District Court, on behalf of the Crown, in the name of the Attorney General or the Director of Public Prosecutions.

(2) Such an indictment may be presented or filed whether or not the person to whom the indictment relates has been committed for trial in respect of an offence specified in the indictment.

(3) This section does not apply to offences that are required to be dealt with summarily.

(4) This section does not affect any law or practice that provides for an indictable offence to be dealt with summarily.