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Section 2

of CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE (AMENDMENT) ACT 2010 (AMENDMENT) ACT 2012

Section 2

The Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act 2010, which is referred to as the "principal Act" in this Act, is amended in section 2 as follows:

(a)

in section 172A—

(i)

by substituting for subsection (1) the following subsection:

"(1) An accused who is charged with an offence and claims to be tried shall, by an advocate representing him, participate in a pre-trial conference with the prosecution before the commencement of the case management."; and

(ii)

in subsections (3), (4) and (5), by substituting for the words "Public Prosecutor" and "prosecutor" wherever they may appear the word "prosecution";

(b)

by substituting for section $ 1 7 2{\mathrm{B}} $ the following section:

"Case management