(1)  When a person charged with a crime has been committed for trial and it is intended to put him on his trial therefor, the charge is to be reduced to writing in a document called an indictment.

(2)  An indictment shall be signed by a Crown Law Officer and filed in the Supreme Court.

(3)  A Crown Law Officer may file an indictment against any person for a crime whether he has been committed for trial or not.

(4)  Before filing an indictment a Crown Law Officer shall satisfy himself that there is evidence against the defendant sufficient to put him on his trial or to raise a strong or probable presumption of his guilt.