Section 172
Charges to be in forms in Second Schedule
ActIn forceProvision 171 of 411
Section 172
(1)
All charges upon which persons are tried before the High
Court shall be brought in the name of the Public Prosecutor, and be as nearly as possible in accordance with the forms in the Second
Schedule and shall be signed by the Public Prosecutor or by some person authorized by him in that behalf, and in the latter case the words “By authority of the Public Prosecutor” shall be prefixed to the signature.
(2)
The proceedings shall not abate or determine by reason of the death or removal from office of the Public Prosecutor.
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